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15 October 2024

The Vow by Jude Berman Blog Tour!! #TheCoffeePotBookClub @cathiedunn @jude.berman @thecoffeepotbookclub #TheVow #AngelicaKauffman

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Book Title

The Vow


Author

Jude Berman


Publication Date

October 15th, 2024


Publisher

She Writes Press


Pages

368 


Genre

Biographical Historical Fiction


BERKELEY, CA, October 15, 2024


She Writes Press will release The Vow, a historical fiction novel by Berkeley artist and author Jude Berman.


In a stunning work of feminist historical fiction for readers who loved Dawn Tripp’s Georgia and Whitney Scharer’s The Age of Light, Jude Berman brings painter Angelica Kauffman to life.


Accused of dressing as a boy to study in the prestigious galleries of eighteenth-century Italy, child prodigy Angelica Kauffman has set high goals for herself. She is determined to become a history painter, a career off-limits to women. To ensure her success, she has vowed never to marry. 


Shattering the glass ceiling of her times, Kauffman paints royalty, mingles with illustrious artists, and becomes one of the only female founders of the Royal Academy of Arts in London. But her path is fraught with challenges and eventually, she questions if a vow of a different sort is necessary if she is to answer the deepest call of her heart.


**Finalist for Historical Fiction at the 2024 American Fiction Awards**

 

“Jude Berman has created a spirited, engaging glimpse into the life of one of the most important artists of the eighteenth century. Kauffman was a true free spirit, dedicated to her art, and that is captured beautifully in this novel.”—Susanne Dunlap, author of The Portraitist: A Novel of Adélaïde Labille-Guiard


“With skillful prose and classical descriptions, Berman paints a vivid portrait of a woman defying the constraints of her time, making this novel an unforgettable masterpiece in its own right.” —Joanne Howard, author of Sleeping in the Sun


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Jude Berman has a BA in art from Smith College and an EdD in cross-cultural communication from UMass Amherst. After a career in academic research, she built a freelance writing and editing business and ran two small Indie presses. She lives in Berkeley, CA, where she continues to work with authors and write fiction.


In her free time, she volunteers for progressive causes, paints with acrylic watercolors, gardens, and meditates. The Die, metaphysical speculative fiction about saving democracy, was published in 2024.


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Visit judeberman.com for Jude’s books and


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Website

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Facebook

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LinkedIn

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Instagram

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Threads

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Amazon Author Page

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Goodreads https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/50381.Jude_Berman


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Frozen Lives by Jennifer Graeser Dornbush October 7 - November 1, 2024 Virtual Book Tour

 

Frozen Lives by Jennifer Graeser Dornbush

A Coroner's Daughter Mystery

Dr. Emily Hartford is back in Frozen Lives, the next thrilling mystery from Jennifer Graeser Dornbush.

Chicago surgeon Emily Hartford has never quite shaken off the dust of her hometown in Michigan. She may be a professional success and have a princely boyfriend in the Windy City, but she can’t seem to let go of being “the coroner’s daughter” from Freeport.

Once again, she finds herself pulled back upstate during a wintery late March when Jeremiah, the eleven year-old son of her best friend, Jo, goes missing on the frigid shores of Lake Michigan. Emily immediately joins the search for the boy.

To everyone’s relief, Jeremiah turns up days later, alive and unharmed. But tensions remain high, and suspicions of every sort continue to grow. Jeremiah’s account of his abduction doesn’t add up and Emily worries about Jo’s unraveling marriage. Jeremiah’s recovery, it turns out, is not the end of their terrifying tale. It’s only the beginning …

For moving among them is a devious, malevolent force. Sowing panic while seeking to fulfill his own twisted needs, this wolf in sheep’s clothing leaves a trail of rack and ruin, negligent to the damages in his wake … and the bodies he leaves behind.

Emily solidifies her role as coroner’s daughter when she puzzles out this madman’s chilling machinations. Risking everything dear to her, Emily goes the icy distance to end his killing spree.

Praise for Frozen Lives:

"Fast paced, engaging, evocative."
~ J.A. Jance

"FROZEN LIVES is what a thriller should be—dark, twisty, and oh so scary. Lock your doors and enjoy."
~ DP Lyle, award-winning author of the Jake Longly and Cain/Harper thriller series and co-creator of the Outliers Writing University

"Jennifer Dornbush scares the living hell out of me. When I want to stay up all night, I just read one of her books, and Frozen Lives doesn’t disappoint. On par with Dennis Lehane’s Mystic River, Frozen Lives weaves a terrifying tale of evil, paranoia and when you go to bed at night make sure your doors are locked tight. A terrific story."
~ Don Bruns, USA Today Best Selling Author

"Chilling! Jennifer Dornbush has crafted a thriller that haunts the mind and can keep you deep in the pages into the wee hours! A not to miss psychological mystery with twists and turns throughout."
~ Heather Graham

Book Details:

Genre: thriller, suspense, female detective
Published by: Blackstone Publishing
Publication Date: October 29, 2024
Number of Pages: 350
ISBN: 9798212638364
Series: The Coroner's Daughter Mysteries, 4
Book Links Amazon | Barnes & Noble | BookShop.org | Goodreads | Blackstone Publishing

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Jennifer Graeser Dornbush

The television or movie screen is the closest most people will ever come to witnessing the forensic world. But Jennifer Dornbush was raised in it. As the daughter of a small-town medical examiner whose office was in their home. There were body parts in the fridge.

 She investigated her first fatality, an airplane crash, when she was 8 years old. Picking up pieces of skull with her father who simply saw it as an anatomy lesson. The first of many coroner lessons she experienced over two decades.

 
After exploring journalism and high school teaching, Jennifer turned seriously to screenwriting where she began to connect her coroner world to her writing. She sought out a degree at the Forensic Science Academy in Los Angeles to gain more forensic training and earned a unique kinship with LA’s top CSIs, fingerprint specialists, DNA scientists, and detectives.

 
To share her love of forensics with the writing world, she authored the top selling non-fiction authoritative book, Forensic Speak, used by not only by show-runners and writers, but also crime investigators and law enforcement.

She created an Amazon top selling mystery novel series, The Coroner’s Daughter, which she is currently developing as a series for TV. Her crime thriller, Hole in the Woods, is currently optioned for screen. She is a contributor to mystery anthologies, Hotel California and Thriller. She has also penned two true crime books.
As a screenwriter Jennifer wrote the theatrically released film and novel, God Bless the Broken Road (2018), adapted a popular YA novel to script, and sold a children’s show. She is currently developing TV drama series and feature films with various productions companies. 

As a forensic consultant, she is frequently asked to consult with TV writers on shows such as: Bull, Conviction, Hawaii Five-O, Leverage, Suits, and Rectify. She teaches screenwriting and mentors aspiring writers.

 
Jennifer is a member of the Writers’ Guild of America, Sisters in Crime, Mystery Writers of America, International Thriller Writers, Crime Writers Association, & the FBI Citizen’s Academy Alumni.

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Grab Scarlett’s Hero by Gia Cobie today!! 💥 HOT NEW RELEASE! 💥


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Book Tropes:

✦ First responder/ firefighter

✦ Forced Proximity

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✦ Small town

✦ Former SEAL/military

✦ Friends to lovers

I spent years living in fear because of my own mistake.

Living in self-imposed isolation, I suffered through years of guilt and fear and anxiety.

But I couldn’t keep hiding indefinitely. So I moved to Sleepy Hollow to be closer to my best friend and her family.

Despite my worries, it was better than I’d hoped. I found a cute little house. Friends. A job I loved.

And I met Grant. We’re just friends—I have too much baggage for more—but seeing him is my favorite part of the week.

But when my ordinary job turns into a nightmare, Grant’s the one I want to protect me. And it’s only when I’m in his arms that I feel safe.

Neither of us were looking for a relationship.

It seemed better that way. Safer. Even if Scarlett was the kindest and most beautiful woman I’d ever met.

Deep down, I think I always knew I wanted more. But I thought we’d have time to ease into it.

Then Scarlett’s attacked while defending her patient, and everything is thrown into stark clarity.

Why am I ignoring what my heart is telling me? Am I going to let the ghosts of my past determine my future?

When it turns out the attack wasn’t random, that Scarlett was targeted and she’s still in danger, I’ll use everything I learned as a SEAL to protect her.

I’m not willing to lose the first woman I’ve seen a forever with.

Scarlett’s Hero is the fourth novel in the small-town romantic suspense series, Heroes of Sleepy Hollow. It has a former SEAL turned firefighter hero, a kind but emotionally wounded heroine, friends-to-lovers, action and danger, forced proximity, twists and turns, and plenty of sweet and steamy moments. (Can be read as a standalone novel.)

Heroes of Sleepy Hollow follows the stories of the first responders of Sleepy Hollow working alongside the Blade and Arrow Security team. Expect to see cameos of your favorite B&A characters throughout this series!

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Get ready to immerse yourself in the glamorous world of Hollywood's most sizzling romances. Join us in the enchanting Kings of Screen series, where passion, drama, and love ignite under the spotlight.

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When an unsuspecting assistant takes on the challenge of babysitting an off-the-rails actor, sparks fly in this slow-burn enemies-to-lovers tale. Will the job of a lifetime lead to the love of a lifetime?

Between Takes is a slow burn steamy enemies-to-lovers, boss-assistant romance. It is the first book in the Kings of Screen series.

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Follow the hilarious misadventures of Abi and Finn as they embark on a marriage of convenience, thrust into the spotlight of reality TV. Can a fake marriage lead to real love with a camera pointed at them?

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One unforgettable night, two worlds collide. Now the line between business and pleasure is blurred, and they must decide if this Hollywood affair is worth the risk.

Acting Counsel is a forced proximity Hollywood romance with forbidden vibes set in the Kings of Screen world. It can be read as a standalone.

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Excerpt from Fashionably Fake (Kings of Screen, Book 4)

Copyright Morgana Bevan 2024

Jackson Levi was dead.

Not literally, but if he knew what was good for him, he’d delete my number and retract his stupid statement.

Us, in a relationship? No one would believe it.

I’d woken up to forty missed calls, a hundred or more texts, and countless voicemails. Most of them from Jackson fucking Levi.

A month ago, the Scottish actor had been fun. For a time, a very very short time, he was my friend. I could always count on him for a good laugh. Shit at work blew up? One text to Jackson and I’d laugh. Bad date? I’d open my phone to find a stupid meme waiting for me. I could enjoy myself, never feeling like he’d want something in return and be my normal dorky self. 

I knew there would be no way he would ever be interested in me. Men only ever wanted to use me and, let’s face the facts head on: I had no money, no fame. 

Yes, I had connections, but they were all in the fashion realm and none of them would have the first clue how to help an Academy Award winning actor. 

Over the summer, he’d become the perfect distraction from my shitty, unpredictable life.

And then he’d ruined it all.

I lay in bed for over an hour, scrolling blurry-eyed through the messages and headlines. The more I read, the more my blood pressure spiralled.

Jackson: We need to talk. ASAP.

Abi: Don’t go to work today. The vultures are descending.

Jackson: I panicked. I’m sorry, but we need to talk. Stop screening me.

I snorted. 

Yes, Jackson, every time I miss a call, I’m screening you. 

Couldn’t possibly be that he was three hours behind, and I’d gone to sleep at a normal hour for the first time in weeks. My world totally revolved around the entitled asshole.

Okay, I didn’t mean that.

Things were great until he’d asked me out and that wasn’t a crime. Unfortunately.

I didn’t like it, but I could forgive it. The awkwardness would fade out, maybe by the next time I saw him, and we’d go back to being friends. But telling the press I’d been his girlfriend for six months? That I couldn’t forgive.

I dialled Abi, laying there with my eyes covered like some stupid childish game where it would all go away if I couldn’t see it.

“What the fuck happened last night?” I asked the second she answered. 

Morgana Bevan is a sucker for a rock star romance, particularly if it involves a soul-destroying breakup or strangers waking up in Vegas. Sheʼs a contemporary romance author based in Wales. When Morganaʼs not writing steamy celebrity romances with gorgeous British rock stars and movie stars, sheʼs travelling the world, searching for inspiration. She enjoys travelling, attending gigs, and trying out the extreme activities she forces on her characters.

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Love Paranormal Romances? Don’t miss In Another World A Paranormal Mystery/Romance by Kelli A. Wilkins!

 

Love Paranormal Romances? Don’t miss In Another World

A Paranormal Mystery/Romance

by Kelli A. Wilkins

www.kelliwilkins.com

Hi everyone,

It’s October, the perfect month to curl up with a paranormal romance. Today I’m sharing a look at the making of In Another World. This contemporary romance novel blends a murder mystery with the world of the paranormal. Here’s the book summary and links…

In Another World

A Paranormal Mystery/Romance Novel

Disgraced psychic medium Julie Kershaw has finally met her soul mate. The problem is he’s dead… and his spirit haunts the car she just bought.

The spirit of Detective Eddie Mahoney is determined to find his killer and needs Julie’s help. At first, she refuses. She’s tired of being called crazy and swore she’d never use her abilities to speak to the dead again—even if Eddie is handsome and charming.

Eddie persuades Julie to contact his former partner, Lou Kaplonski, to ask him to reopen his case. Skeptical, Lou dismisses Julie as a fake—until she proves she can communicate with the dead—and he finds out Eddie has a lot to say. 

Julie channels Eddie’s spirit and together with Lou, the unusual trio tracks down leads and follows clues to solve Eddie’s murder. The case takes them down a dark and dangerous path filled with secrets, where nobody can be trusted. 

As they work to find his killer, Julie falls for Eddie. Funny, smart, and sexy, Eddie is the guy of her dreams—and he doesn’t look or act the least bit dead. To her surprise, Eddie discovers a clever way they can be together, and they begin an ethereal romance.

When Lou’s investigation brings him too close to the killer, his life and Julie’s are put in danger—and Eddie may be the only one who can save them.

Order your copy here:

Amazon

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All other platforms

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In Another World has been a labor of love for many years. I’m thrilled that I finally finished the book, and now readers can enjoy the story and meet these very unusual characters I’ve created.

The book opens with Detective Eddie Mahoney, an undercover police officer, in a jam. His cover has been blown and he’s in the middle of nowhere with two criminals. Things don’t end well for Eddie, and although he doesn’t make it out of his predicament alive, his role in the book is just beginning.

Yes, you read that right. I killed off my main character—and the hero of the book—in the first few pages. Why? Because this isn’t your typical romance. Eddie is dead right from the start, but that doesn’t mean he can’t fall in love.

Next, readers are introduced to a headstrong woman named Julie Kershaw. She’s arguing with an unscrupulous used car dealer named Big Al. He sells her a car for cheap, and Julie is suspicious. Naturally, she wonders if there’s a catch, and there is. The car is haunted by… you guessed it—Eddie.

Eddie has been trying to communicate with the car’s previous owners, but never had any luck until Julie bought the car. At first, Eddie doesn’t realize that Julie is a psychic medium and can communicate with spirits. Once he knows she can see and hear him, Eddie uses his charms and persuades her to help him find his killer.

And so begins this unusual romance.

Most people would think this is a bit absurd. And maybe some readers will. But once you get drawn into the story and see that Eddie is pretty much like any other romantic hero (he just happens to be dead), the story flows along.

Eddie and Julie visit Eddie’s former partner, Lou Kaplonski, to persuade him to reopen Eddie’s case. Lou thinks Julie is crazy and can’t possibly be talking to Eddie. When Julie tells Lou things only Eddie knows, Lou is convinced Julie is telling the truth. Lou and Eddie start working the case just like old times. (Sorta.) 

Lou is a great guy, and I loved writing for him. On the outside he appears to be a tough, no-nonsense detective who takes his job seriously. When he first meets (and interrogates) Julie, he acts like a typical “bad cop” and is very rough with her.

Lou doesn’t believe in ghosts and thinks all psychics are fakes. He’s also taken Eddie’s death personally. He feels like a failure because he couldn’t find his partner’s killer, and he is still working through his grief. Once Lou starts investigating with Eddie and Julie, his true personality comes out, and he’s more determined than ever to catch Eddie’s killer.

When I wrote the book, I had to make sure readers were able to follow the investigation along with Lou, even when Julie and Eddie weren’t present. I’ve never written a full-fledged mystery or detective story before, but I’ve watched enough mysteries and police dramas, so I think I got it right. I also had the good fortune to be related to a police captain and was able to ask his advice on the “police stuff” in the story. The book is a hybrid of romance and mystery. Sometimes it takes on more of a police procedural/mystery feel than a romance, and then in other scenes with Eddie and Julie, it’s a traditional romance.

I hope mystery, romance, and paranormal readers will enjoy this unique novel. It’s got something for everyone: danger, humor, love, ghosts, and quirky characters. I had fun writing this book and stepping into another world, blending the living and the dead.  

I’m also happy to report that the book has received several excellent reviews. You can read some of them here: https://www.kelliwilkins.com/in-another-world

Happy Reading,

Kelli A. Wilkins

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Kelli A. Wilkins is an award-winning author who has published more than 100 short stories, 20+ romance novels, and 8 mystery/horror ebooks. Her romances span many genres and settings, and she likes to scare readers with her horror and mystery stories. 

In August 2024, Kelli released Surreal Escapes, a collection of 7 speculative/spooky stories. Anything can—and does—happen in this anthology. 

Kelli released her fourth gay romance, A Thousand Summer Secrets, in April 2024. This tender contemporary romance takes place over a summer weekend, where two friends reconnect while seeking love and acceptance.

She published The Route 9 Killer, a mystery/thriller set in Central NJ, in May 2023. 

Follow Kelli on her Facebook author page

https://www.facebook.com/AuthorKelliWilkins and visit her website/blog

www.KelliWilkins.com for a full title list and social media links.




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