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Thursday, May 29, 2025

Rockstar Book Tours presents... UNDER THE NORMAN SKY by Marilyn Jeulin - EXCERPT + GIVEAWAY!

I am so excited to share the news that UNDER THE NORMAN SKY by Marilyn Jeulin is available now, and waiting for you to make your summer escape! ☀️ 

If you haven’t yet heard about this wonderful book, be sure to check out all the details below. 

This blitz also includes a giveaway for a $10 Amazon GC and a signed copy of the book courtesy of Marilyn & Rockstar Book Tours. So if you’d like a chance to win, check out the giveaway info below.

 

Title: UNDER THE NORMAN SKY

Author: Marilyn Jeulin

Pub. Date: May 16, 2025

Publisher: Marilyn Jeulin

Formats: Paperback, eBook

Pages: 224

Find it: GoodreadsAmazon

Read for FREE with a Kindle Unlimited Membership!

Sébastien Lèfevre has been in love with his best friend, Victoria Garnot, since the moment she convinced him to give her her first kiss. He’s lived his life indulging her every whim. But when their careers lead them down two separate paths, Sébastien decides he’s done putting his heart at risk.
An Alpha in the kitchen but a beta in love, he pushes his feelings aside and climbs the ladder of success, becoming a lauded Executive Chef for Chez Armand in Mont St. Michel and earning two Michelin stars. He’s at the top of his game, but there’s still one thing he’s missing: Victoria.
Victoria has always put her training as a top chef ahead of everything, including love. It’s taken her six years to earn her first hard-fought Michelin star. But now that she has it, her life has changed so drastically that she doesn’t know who she is anymore without it.
Lost and without a plan, Victoria is approached by the only man who truly knows her: Sébastien. When he makes her an offer she can’t refuse, she accepts, though she wonders if they can keep things professional between them. Even more, she wonders if that’s what she really wants…or if what she really wants is Sébastien.

 

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Excerpt:

“We’re closed,” I called from the kitchen, loud enough for whoever to hear me, before looking at the security camera.

I blinked in surprise at the unexpected visitor, Sébastien. Immediately, I stuck my head in the pass-through window that opened into the old front of the house. My heart flip-flopped. The traitor, I thought, patting my chest while trying to find the right words before addressing him.

“Sébastien!” I thought that was anticlimactic as I walked around the table, then through the double doors into the old dining area.

“Victoria,” Sébastien said, his severe expression not hiding the tension between us as he looked around the restaurant. His face was unreadable, and his eyes were guarded. For a few seconds, I mourned the ease that once existed between us, but the truth was that seeing him like this, out of the blue, brought back memories of my competitive side, which drove a wedge between us. Mainly my thickheaded way of always wanting to get ahead and crush the competition.

 

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About the author...

Born in the Wild West and raised in a tropical paradise, Marilyn has always had a thirst for a good story and adventure. She’s a huge fan of Anne Rice, Stephen King, & GRR Martin.

Mom of two boys, and wife to the Frenchman, Marilyn is also an avid gamer, who spends way too much time on Facebook and Instagram. 

Website | Twitter | Facebook | Instagram | TikTok | Threads | Bluesky | Goodreads | Amazon| BookBub

 

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Giveaway Details:

1 winner will receive a $10 Amazon GC & a signed paperback of UNDER THE NORMAN SKY, US Only.

Ends June 3rd, midnight EST.


a Rafflecopter giveaway


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Tuesday, May 27, 2025

Rockstar Book Tours presents... THE SQUIRE AND HIS MAGICAL LIBRARY by Christy Matheson - EXCERPT + GIVEAWAY!

Fans are raving as the prequel to The Castle in Kilkenny: Fairy Tales Book’s, THE SQUIRE AND HIS MAGICAL LIBRARY by Christy Matheson makes its way to readers everywhere, and I'm excited to have the chance to share the news!

 If you haven’t yet heard about this wonderful book, be sure to check out all the details below!

This blitz also includes a giveaway for copies of the eBook courtesy of Christy & Rockstar Book Tours. So if you’d like a chance to win, check out the giveaway info below.

 

Title: THE SQUIRE AND HIS MAGICAL LIBRARY (The Castle in Kilkenny: Fairy Tales Book 4)

Author: Christy Matheson

Pub. Date: May 25, 2025

Publisher: Buttercup Books

Formats: eBook

Pages: 188

Find it: Goodreads, https://books2read.com/The-Squire-and-His-Magical-Library

What if he doesn’t have to be a warrior?

What if fate is something he can choose?

Despite the druids’ prediction that Rian would become a great warrior, he hates the king’s training program. After the first year’s Trials, humiliated and angry, Rian flees the other squires to hide in the cellars...where he finds a magical library and a wren-like Fae who explains that he can choose his own fate. Each year, one figurine crumbles and one possible fate disappears because of the choices he's made. He should be able to make the Warrior disappear before he turns eighteen, right?

Meanwhile, Rian helps two very different princesses—one bent on becoming a warrior to seek revenge, and the other imprisoned by blindness. As Rian’s decisions become entangled with his friendships, the figurines vanish one by one. As the years go by, does he have any choice left about his own future?

Read now, to journey back to 3rd-century Ireland with a reluctant young hero! 

With characters based on Irish mythology, this historical fantasy has plenty of action but no gore.  

It takes place in the same world as the other “Castle in Kilkenny” books, but is the earliest book featuring these characters, so is a true stand-alone.


 Start your journey with the prequel and then grab the rest of the series here!

 

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I guess I cant get much more lonely and shameful than I already am.

The door swings smoothly at my touch, and warmth hits me as the light makes me blink.

No ones here. And it still feels welcoming.

I hobble to the fire and sink onto the soft chair. Whoever owns it isnt using it, and Ill leave soon. After a long moment, I open my eyes. At my fingertips is a steaming cup and a jar of salve.

I sniff them both. The castle policy is that anyone is allowed appropriate supplies. Im a warrior, even a junior one. I am definitely allowed to take medicine.

I rub the salve on the worst of my injuries. It works even faster than usual, the pain fading right away.

So by the time I drink the tea, Im feeling well enough to look around. Carefully.

I warm my hands against my tea, feeling more alert with each sip. The patterns on the rugs seem familiar, but the construction is softer and denser than anything else in the castle. I understand what the furniture is for, but the shapes and materials are like nothing Ive ever seen. The mantle is constructed of absolutely smooth stone, gray and red veins swirling against the white, and the ironwork for the fireplace is more delicate and complicated than anything the kings smithy could produce. The light is coming from tall vases with colored glass hats, and the hats are glowing. I examine one closely, and find a little toggle that makes the flame go on and off. Definitely magic. Besides, even a king couldnt afford that much glass, and he wouldnt put it in the basement if he did.

Im not sure if thats better or worse. Are there fae living underneath the castle?

Well, Im here now, and Ive already drank and used their medicine—so if its a magical trap, Im already caught.

 


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About the author...

Christy writes romantic Regency fiction about friendship, family, and finding one's place in an ever-changing world.

Christy is an embroidery artist, classically trained pianist, and sews all of her own clothes. She lives in Oregon, on a country property that fondly reminds her of a Regency estate (except with a swing set instead of faux Greek ruins), with her five children, two Shelties, a bunny, and an improbable amount of art supplies.

She is a co-editor for the short story anthology, Feisty Deeds: Historical Fictions of Daring Women, and her novels are represented by Kristina Sutton Lennon of Focused Artists. She is also an award-winning spoken-word poet.

She has degrees from Smith College and Lesley University, and is a member of the Women's Fiction Writers Association, Historical Novel Society, and Regency Fiction Writers.

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Website | Twitter | Facebook | Instagram | Goodreads | Amazon | BookBub

 

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Giveaway Details:

3 winners will receive an eBook of THE SQUIRE AND HIS MAGICAL LIBRARY, International.

Ends June 3rd, midnight EST.

a Rafflecopter giveaway


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Thursday, February 20, 2025

Rockstar Book Tours presents... GREETING CARDS FOR EXES by Rebekah L. Purdy - REVIEW + GIVEAWAY!

Hi everyone!

Thrilled to be hosting a spot on the GREETING CARDS FOR EXES by Rebekah L. Purdy Blog Tour hosted by Rockstar Book Tours. If you live for romcom fun between the pages, this is one you've got to add to your TBR. So, check out my post, make sure to enter the giveaway, and then visit the other sites on the roster for more bookish fun!

 

GREETING CARDS FOR EXES

By Rebekah L. Purdy

Pub. Date: February 4, 2025

Publisher: Rowan Prose Publishing

Formats: Paperback, eBook

Find it: Goodreadshttps://books2read.com/u/bQlRpD

“Purdy presents a beautifully complex array of characters that touch your heart.” –A Bookish Escape

Piper Mishner has spent the last year trying to get over her ex, which is hard to do after he decides to move into the apartment next to hers with his new fiancé. As if she needs the reminder of how painful the breakup was. Not to mention, her job as a greeting card writer is now at risk due to her cynicism about love.

 
“I’m bored with you and need a change.” The infamous words of Kerrie Holloway’s ex-husband, who doesn’t seem to understand the concept of being an “ex” since he wants her to pretend for their kids and family that they’re still together. While dating others and living in the same house. She gets a job in sales at a greeting card company, and is finally on the way to saving for her own place.

 
Maude Gilchrist has spent over fifty years married to the same man. A man who, one day, just leaves. No goodbye. No explanation. He was just gone. Bitter and alone, she decides to postpone retirement from the greeting card company. Although writing sappy cards about love is the last thing she wants to do.


Through lunch hour talks, weekend getaways, and drunken brawls, the ladies of All For You Greeting Cards Company help heal one another’s wounds and learn there are more important things in life than having a man. There may be a generational gap, but they all have the “ex-factor” in common. Everyone needs a friend by their side. Someone to talk to, laugh with, complain to, watch your back…and to go to jail with you. 

 

Fans of Ashley Poston, Colleen Hoover, Emily Henry, Christina Lauren, Mia Sheridan, and Kristin Hannah will enjoy "Greeting Cards For Exes" by Rebekah L. Purdy.






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Filled with humor, heart, lessons learned, and the strength of female friendship, this book is the perfect accompaniment for a weekend escape. Whether you're looking to laugh (the antics Piper employs to initially escape her ex!), cry (not full on tears, but definitely water filled eyes for Kerrie's sitch, and why on earth she feels the need to do ANYTHING he wanted!), or marvel at the possible WHY (still WTH-ing at Maude's sudden single-dom status), there's a feeling to feel, a sentiment to get behind, a soul to be affected by in this story. The woman are relatable, sometimes regrettably so (just given their circumstances because they themselves are AMAZING 👏), and I can easily see calling any one of them friend. I love the fact that they find strength within each other to pull themselves out of their present and step into their futures, and appreciate the chance to smile, laugh, and cheer them on along the way. 

A great pick for Contemporary Fiction as well as Women's Fiction fans, and I can't wait to see what this author brings to the bookshelf next!



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About the author...

Rebekah L. Purdy is an army veteran, born and raised in Michigan. She works full time for the court system and, in her free time, she writes YA stories across many genres, with more than 15 titles to date. She has a large family, including furbabies. "Greeting Cards for Exes" is her first women's fiction book.

Website | Twitter | Facebook | Instagram | Goodreads

 


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Giveaway Details:

1 winner will receive a $10 Amazon Gift Card, International.

Ends March 8th, midnight EST.





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Tour Schedule:

Week One:

2/3/2025

Two Chicks on Books

Guest Post/IG Post

2/4/2025

Daily Waffle

Guest Post

2/5/2025

Fire and Ice Reads

Guest Post/IG Post

2/6/2025

The Eclectic Review

Interview/IG Post

2/7/2025

Frugal Freelancer

Excerpt/IG Post

Week Two:

2/10/2025

One More Exclamation

Excerpt/IG Post

2/11/2025

@callistoscalling

IG Post

2/12/2025

Kim's Book Reviews and Writing Aha's

Review/IG Post

2/13/2025

@dharashahauthor

IG Post

2/14/2025

@tartan_teapotsandbooks_croft

IG Review

Week Three:

2/17/2025

Review Thick And Thin

Review/IG Post

2/18/2025

Lifestyle of Me

Review/IG Post

2/19/2025

Edith's Little Free Library

IG Post/LFL Book Drop Pic/TikTok Post

2/20/2025

Satisfaction for Insatiable Readers

Review/IG Post

2/21/2025

@dana.loves.books

Review/IG Post

Week Four:

2/24/2025

A Blue Box Full of Books

IG Review/LFL Drop Pic/TikTok Post

2/25/2025

rolo_the_book_lover-

IG Review/TikTok Post

2/26/2025

Country Mamas With Kids

Review/IG Post

2/27/2025

anitralovesbooksanddogs

Review/IG Post

2/28/2025

More Books Please blog

Review/IG Post




Until next time, remember...if it looks good, READ IT!


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