Wednesday, July 20, 2016

New Release from Shira Glassman w/ Some Great Preorders

New Releases 7/20/16

The Olive Conspiracy
by Shira Glassman
227 pages / 61000 words
ISBN:978-1-944449-78-0
PRINT ISBN: 978-1-944449-79-7
$5.49
Buy Link:
Blurb:
A love story between women, between queen and country, and between farmers and their crops.
When Ezra tries to blackmail Chef Yael about her being trans, she throws him out of her restaurant and immediately reports him to the queen. When police find Ezra stabbed to death, Queen Shulamit realizes he may have also tried to extort someone more dangerous than a feisty old lady.
The royal investigation leads straight to an international terrorist plot to destroy her country’s economy—and worse, her first love, Crown Princess Carolina of Imbrio, may be involved. Since she’s got a dragon-shifting wizard at her disposal, contacts with friendly foreign witches, and the support of her partner Aviva, Shulamit has hope. What she doesn’t have is time.
When purchasing this novel here you will receive a free copy of Tales from Perach by Shira Glassman.

Tales from Perach
by Shira Glassman
74 pages / 18000 words

$2.49
Available free with purchase on Torquere or Prizm carts. Available for purchase on all distributors.
Blurb:
An energetic royal guard takes her artist wife on a scavenger hunt around the city so she can stop having artist's block about the lesbian graphic novel she's supposed to make for the queen. A chef dithers over whether to switch wine sellers when hers is incompetent but the delivery girl is a trusted ally. A prince with anxiety is comforted in the arms of his partner when he wakes up from a nightmare. A trans teenager and his girlfriend go on a midnight quest for flowers for her sister's wedding. A royal family with two moms and two dads puts their own special twist on celebrating Purim.

Available for Pre-Order NOW


Taylon
Scott J. Kramer 
War has been declared and demon possessed Queen Euphoria has struck the first blow against the Territories. Little does she know, Da’Lynn a dark elf possessed by an evil herself has command of the elf army and is moving in to defend the land.
Kara, realizing the trouble brewing, seeks out her non human friends, hoping to sort out the trouble ahead. But will Hambone, Snow, Ra’na, and the wizard Ynob be enough to stop the ensuing apocalypse?
Deep in the Territories, a strange prophecy comes forth from the elves, and Council Member Gantha is sent on a mission to find a wizard of races. Little does he know that this little foretelling speaks of resurrection of pure evil.
Taylon, with the help of a local medicine woman, seeks out a cure for the queen’s sickness in the far reaches of the kingdom, while the pieces of the magic mirror cause their own havoc.
Releasing 8/10/16 - Available Pre-Order: 


To Be a Different Someone
Sean McKissack 
James Kane could be summed up in one word: loser. He silently lived as a ghost amongst his parents and he had zero friends at school...unless you count his cousin who had to defend him against the abusive Matt Tracker.

When his parents divorce, James moves to Montana and stays with his grandmother, where he makes an extreme adjustment to his life-becoming a different someone named Jennifer. The transition comes with frightening issues Jennifer never thought of. After two years of recovery, she returns to her old high school to start over but she meets up with her past tormenter and gets caught in a web of secrets as she finds herself falling in love.
Her conscience gets the best of her as she tries to be truthful to Matt about who she once was, but will he accept her as his girlfriend, Jennifer, when she was once his punching bag, James?
Releasing 8/17/16 - Available Pre-Order: 

Fragmented
Madeline Dyer 
After the terrible battle against the Enhanced Ones, Seven and Corin find themselves on the run. With the Enhanced closing in, Seven knows they need to find other people on their side. So, when the opportunity arises to join the Zharat, one of the last surviving Untamed tribes, it seems like the perfect solution.
But the Zharat lifestyle is a far cry from what Seven’s used to. With their customs dictating that she must marry into their tribe, and her relationship with Corin breaking down, Seven knows she has to do something before it’s too late. But that’s easier said than done in a tribe where going against the rules automatically results in death.
And, with the Enhanced still out there, nowhere is truly safe for the Untamed—least of all for the most powerful Seer in the world… and Seven soon discovers how far people will go in order to ensure that she’s on their side in the War of Humanity.
Battling against the emerging web of lies, manipulation, and danger, Seven must remember who she was meant to be. Her life has never been more at stake. Nor has humanity itself.
Releasing 9/7/16 - Available Pre-Order: 

Thursday, July 14, 2016

The Olive Conspiracy by Shira Glassman - Book Blitz - Giveaway

Olive Conspiracy 1000x400
Title: The Olive Conspiracy
Author: Shira Glassman
Series Title and Number: Mangoverse 4
Publisher: Prizm Books
Cover Artist: BS Clay
Release Date: 7/20/16
Heat Level: 2
Pairing : Female/Female, with significant Female/Male supporting characters
Length: 61K
Genre: Fantasy, Lesbian Romance, Multi-Cultural, Espionage, Political, Chick Lit

Add to Goodreads

The Olive Conspiracy Cover

Synopsis

When Ezra tries to blackmail Chef Yael about being trans, she throws him out of her restaurant and immediately reports him to the queen. But when police find Ezra stabbed to death, Queen Shulamit realizes he may have also tried to extort someone more dangerous than a feisty old lady. Shulamit’s royal investigation leads her to an international terrorist plot to destroy her country’s economy—and worse, her first love, Crown Princess Carolina of Imbrio, may be involved. This is a love story between wives, between queen and country, and between farmers and the crops they grow.

Excerpt

“What’s that one? It looks like a map.” Shulamit shifted papers around. “Mmm,” she agreed, turning the paper slightly and studying it more closely. “It’s a map of Perach. But I don’t know what all this mess is.” She squinted and shook her head. “I don’t know; it looks familiar, somehow.” “Well, you do run the country.” “This line… these patterns…” With one arm folded across her midsection and the other arm upright so that her fist rested against her nose, Shulamit raked her memories. Those swirly bits. That pair of streaks. Why did they look so familiar? Why did she feel like she’d seen it before, what seemed like ages ago before the emotional upheaval of visiting Imbrio again and seeing Carolina? “Oh, my God!” Heat flared in Shulamit’s cheeks. “Rivka, this makes no sense, but—Guard! Who’s out there?” One of the guards appeared at the doorway. “Majesty?” Shulamit held out one pointing finger. “Can you please bring me my latest notes on our agricultural pests?” “Absolutely, Majesty.” He disappeared into the sunlight. Rivka squinted at her. “I don’t get it.” “You think I do?” Shulamit skin tingled as she waited for the papers to show up and either prove her wrong or show that she was absolutely right, thus opening up nothing but a cartload of further questions. Both hands fidgeted with the ends of her filmy yellow scarf. Shulamit felt like every second was bloated and lazy until the guard reappeared. Where was he? Finally, the requested papers arrived, and she tore into them with such ferocity that several fell onto the floor and had to be retrieved. “There!” she finally exclaimed triumphantly. “What?” Rivka leaned over her shoulder eagerly, and Shulamit heard a soft thud as Isaac leapt off Riv’s shoulder onto the back of her throne to get a better view. “The olive blight,” said Shulamit, her lips barely moving as she tried to make sense of the completely unexpected connection. “Ezra drew a map of the olive blight, and put it in the middle of his blackmail notes.” “Is there anything else on the paper?” said Isaac in his normal voice. Shulamit turned it over. “Oh, I’m so nervous, I’m not thinking straight. This is the map I already had.” She flipped over the correct parchment. In Ezra’s lazy scrawl, it said, Imbrian man (Name: Rui?) *possibly leader Imbrian man with missing tooth. Drinks like a fish. Perachi woman (from Lovely Valley?) Money-minded. Unknown man (Light skinned. Imbrian?) Unknown woman (Perachi?) Who is “AndrĂ©?” “There is no way this means anything good.” Thoughts whirled through Shulamit’s mind, thoughts that she was afraid to put to words. What did Imbrio have to do with agricultural pests? What about—what about Carolina? “Malkeleh,” said Isaac, interrupting her mental maelstrom. “Let me see Ezra’s map again.” Shulamit flipped the paper back over. “Look,” said Isaac. “His map—the infestation goes down the river straight into the Lovely Valley.” Shulamit shook her head slowly and groped around for Rivka’s hand. She clung to her friend’s arm with both hands like it was a bellpull, then hugged it tightly to her chest. “Whatever this is, we have to stop it. We have to stop them.

Purchase

Torquere Press

Olive Conspiracy Square

Meet the Author

Shira Glassman is a bisexual Jewish violinist living in North Central Florida. She is best known for her Mangoverse books, four fluffy queer fantasy novels (and accompanying short stories) set in a tropical Jewish fairytale kingdom ruled over by a young lesbian and her "family of choice", including a dragon. These books have reached the finals list of multiple years of the Bi Book Awards and Golden Crown Literary Society Awards. She writes other short contemporary and fantasy fiction as well, including two contemporary romance novelettes about professional musicians. Shira's greatest inspirations are French and German opera and Agatha Christie novels, as well as her own family life and closest friends.
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7234426.Shira_Glassman 
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/ShiraGlassman 
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/shiraglassman 
Blog: http://shiraglassman.wordpress.com

Giveaway

Rafflecopter Prize: One winner will be selected to win an eBook copy of The Olive Conspiracy. a Rafflecopter giveaway
Blog Button 2