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[Silver Under Nightfall by Rin Chupeco, Hathor and the Prince by J.J. McAvoy, Flirty Little Secret by Jessica Lepe, A Governess's Guide to Passion and Peril by Manda Collins]

Silver Under Nightfall (Reaper #1) by Rin Chupeco

dark fantasy with romantic elements

Saga Press, 2022

Remy Pendergast is dealing with a lot: unsavory family dynamics, deadly conflicts, uncomfortable desires, insidious coercion, zealots, painful truths and more. His angsty journey is heartrending and terrifying with moments of unexpected humor. Silver Under Nightfall creates a fantastical universe that blends assorted undead tropes and royal court intrigues in fresh ways. And as usual, the humans are as monstrous as the monsters.

This passage from chapter 36 seems particularly relevant to the story and real life:

The only true power within Elouve, it seemed, lay with old men who should long ago have been relegated to obscurity. Change only occurred when they allowed it, according to what they considered proper, never for the most affected by it.

And to celebrate the end of National Library Week, the Laurel College Center hosted their 1st Annual Book Fest!

Author, founder & organizer of The Write Women Book Fest H.L. Brooks read from her upcoming witchy mystery and presented her "Manifest a Writerly Life" workshop with practical tips and strategies for moving from thinking about writing to actually writing. Other talented TWWBF authors who were there: Amy L. Bernstein offered a mini publishing basics tutorial, singer & award-winning memoirist Michelle M. Brown, multi-hyphenate creative Tyauna Bruce, J.S. Living read a passage from her riveting dark fantasy romance The Covenant of Blood, and Calliope Parrish tempted us all with an engaging snippet from Dragon War.

Denise "D.M." Cross entertained with her poignant and humorous reading from "M.I.A.", and Joan Wahl combined meeting up with a close friend with teasers and context about Summer Love in Music City, the first book in her siblings and musicians series.

[H.L. Brooks sharing hard-earned wisdom about the pursuit of a writerly life; engaging with interested readers; a TWWBF2023 journal and H.L.'s worksheet packet]

[the writing duo of Calliope Parrish, J.S. Living, Michelle M. Brown and some of her lovely author swag]

The weather was sunny and warm, but the high winds made Saturday a perfect day for being inside and spending time with bookish creatives and book lovers.

Happy creating & reading!

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