Bar Tales A Bartender's Story by: AJ Anthony

I am so excited that BAR TALES- A BARTENDER'S STORY VOL1 by A.J. Anthony is available now and that I get 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 a Kindle Paperwhite, a $25 Amazon GC, or more amazing prizes courtesy of A.J. Anthony! So if you’d like a chance to win, check out the giveaway info below. Hosted by Rockstar Book Tours.

 

About The Book:

Title: BAR TALES- A BARTENDER'S STORY VOL1

Author: A.J. Anthony

Pub. Date: October 3, 2022

Publisher: Fab Media

Formats:  Hardcover, Paperback, eBook, Audiobook

Pages: 312

Find it: Goodreads, Amazon, Kindle, Audible, Spanish Edition (Relatos de un Bar - La Historia de un Cantinero Vol. 1)

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24 years ago, Beau Garrett brawled with and then abandoned his best friend to die a needless death. A deceitful coverup that still haunts him to this day. Unbeknownst to the unscrupulous nightclub owner, the dead man's son, Sean Collins, is his cabaret's best bartender, hellbent on revenge. Can Sean uncover the truth and bring down Beau before his own demise? Strap in for a fun and wild ride.

Dark…Humorous…Captivating. Magic Mike meets Breaking Bad.

Bar Tales, A Bartender's Story Vol.1, is a fast-paced, erotic dramedy featuring Sean Collins, accountant turned bartender. Experience the decadence through the eyes of a former industry insider, without the guilt, hangovers, and peril. Reader indiscretion is advised.

 

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Excerpt from Chapter 11:

Sean felt numbness in his arms and an intense chill throughout his body. Looking up, he saw that his hands were bound together and that he was dangling from a hook like a beef carcass. He turned his head to the right which caused him to rotate slightly. Out of the corner of his eye, he could see another figure hanging next to him. He contorted his body to get a better look. It was Crystal. She was severely beaten and drenched in blood. Her face was almost unrecognizable. He examined her further and saw flaps of flesh hanging down her chest. The massive implants had apparently been cut out. Above that carnage, NO MAS was crudely carved into her chest arching over the gruesome handiwork. Sean’s stomach churned. Oh shit time to pay for fucking the bosses wife.

Coky entered the walk-in freezer wearing a butcher’s apron, carrying a chainsaw. 

“Bueno, you’re awake. I want you to see this.” 

Coky pulled on the starter cord once, twice, three times, and it fired up. The familiar, now horrifying buzz of the saw filled Sean’s ears. Gas exhaust clouded the room. The roar alerts Crystal. Her head bobs up and her eyes open wide. She wiggled but is dangling helplessly. Coky stepped up to her and revved up the saw.

“I’m sorry hermosa, bosses orders. I will make it quick for you.” 

“No Coky, this is all on me!” Sean pleaded…

 

About A J Anthony:

A J Anthony is a San Francisco Bay Area native, where he bartended for over 15 years in a variety of pubs, restaurants and night clubs. In Bar Tales - A Bartender's Story Vol. 1, he integrates and weaves his years of "interesting", real-world experiences into this work.

In addition to this genre, he also has sci-fi and flash-fiction projects in the works. A J is also a graphic designer and audio book narrator. In addition to writing, he enjoys art, tennis and auto-crossing car racing.

He currently lives in Phoenix, Arizona with his wife and three cats.

"I hope you will listen to and/or read my novel entitled Bar Tales - A Bartender's Story Vol. 1. I filled it with many of my actual experiences I've accumulated over the years in the trenches, woven into a compelling story with rich characters. I call it my auto-barography. I've also created a companion book loaded with lots of fun and interesting extras."

- AJ Anthony

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Giveaway Details:

Giveaway hosted by A.J. Anthony

Prizes:

(1) Kindle Paperwhite – Waterproof (ARV $110)

(2) $25 Amazon Gift Card (2 Winners, ARV 2x$25)

(1) Bar Tales NHBC T-shirt from Fab Media (https://fabmedia.myspreadshop.com/) (ARV $27.95)

(1) Bar Tales Autographed Hardcover Book (ARV $24.95)

(1) Bar Tales Audiobook (ARV $19.95)

Ends January 2, 2023, midnight EST. 

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Release Day Once Upon Academy Anthology

I am so excited that the ONCE UPON ACADEMY VOLUME 2 Anthology is available now and that I get 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 a $25 Amazon GC courtesy of the authors, & Rockstar Book Tours. So if you’d like a chance to win, check out the giveaway info below.

 

About The Book:

Title: ONCE UPON ACADEMY VOLUME 2

Authors: Breezy Jones, Cara North, Elle Klass, Marie Long, Valerie Puri

Pub. Date: January 7, 2022

Publisher: BLK Publishing

Formats:  eBook

Pages: 431

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Once Upon Academy, where fairytales are real and princesses really do get happily ever afters.

To kick off the end of our first semester, Once Upon Academy is hosting the annual Winter Ball. A night full of magic, love and happy endings.

Join the descendants of classic fairytale characters as they navigate the prestigious halls of Once Upon Academy. Get boujee on the most magical night of the school year and experience a fairytale kiss under the mistletoe.

It’s a night you don’t want to miss.

 

Grab ONCE UPON ACADEMY VOLUME 1 NOW!

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And anyone that preorders the anthology can get some goodies in the mail like a school map and invitation to the ball! Send your confirmation # and addy to onceuponacademyantho@gmail.com  Limited to the first 50 pre-orders.

Teasers:

MICE AND MAGIC by BREEZY JONES

1. My whole body screamed to jump his bones

2. “You’re not gettin my wand, asshole.”

3. My eyes traveled the length of his rock-hard body and I bit my lower lip.

 

SECRETS OF THE RING by ELLE KLASS

One stroke of a ring could conjure true love.

1. He stared dreamily into her green eyes and watched fondly as she flipped her ginger braid around her pointer finger. It was something she did unconsciously quite often.

2. Grenna slid onto the velvet seat beside Jenn who had beamed tangerine all day. Whatever was eating her up yesterday was forgotten in her exuberance of the ball. The entire school buzzed with excitement and sparkled from the moment she woke up. It was in the enchanted air surrounding the school.

3. Grenna forgot all about the djinn as the werewolf appeared to be coming straight for her. Her feet, frozen in fear, wouldn’t obey her mind’s insistence in running! She pulled her hands over her head and lowered herself to her knees. She was dead. This is what the djinn dragged her out here for. He planned to kill her, not trap her. The bravery she felt moments earlier was replaced with horror as her life flashed before her eyes.

 

PERLE OF LOVE by MARIE LONG

1.The Headmistress widened her eyes. “Zeke! What are you doing? Get out of here now!”

The pang of alarm in the Headmistress’s voice gave him pause as he panted behind the column next to her. Part of him felt obliged to obey, but his wolf empowered him to remain. He shook his head slowly.

     Protect the Headmistress at all costs.

2.  “Watch me.” A tickling sensation traveled up Perle’s arm from the buildup of static electricity. For a moment, she thought back to her final exam, and the little white target on the dummy’s forehead. Ms. Fitcher’s lecture echoed in her mind. “Small target. Center. You see everything.”

 

FEAR NO RAVEN by CARA NORTH

1. “Good grief!” I couldn’t take it anymore. “Hi. I’m Balen. You are asking the same questions a second time around. There is no chance that anyone will access your room without your knowledge. Your room is on the fourth deck in the corner with a single window small enough no one could come through it. You are in one of the single rooms. I even know your room number because you asked three times.” 

2. After unlatching the lock, I pushed it outward and into the morning sunlight. I pulled it back and decided it was indeed a footprint. A large footprint on the outside of my window on the third floor of this building.

 

SHADOWED HEARTS by VALERIE PURI

1.“Looks like you’re free for getting ice cream later, Ryder.” Rebecca said, sweetly behind me.

She was so oblivious. The heat in my chest spread as anger and frustration overtook me. Rebecca had no clue what she just destroyed.

2. Smiling down at the card, I thought about all the new possibilities that opened up with my magic tricks. I didn’t have to fake my tricks anymore; I could actually perform them.

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About the Authors:

 

Breezy Jones

Breezy lives in a small town in Florida with her husband, daughter, son and four furbabies, as a SAHM. If you ask what first got her into writing, she’ll tell you it was over the ending of Divergent. She remembers laughing at the first person to suggest that she could write a book, but chose to give it a shot.

When she’s not writing Breezy splits her time among her many hobbies; reading, repainting dolls, makeup and graphic design, just to name a few. These things don’t come without a cost; coffee and wine. While writing hasn’t always been her goal, she has fallen in love with building a world from nothing and watching it flourish.

 

Links:

Facebook: apiratespleasur

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/Breezy_Jones88

Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/Breezyjauthor

 

 

 

Cara North

Cara North is a romance writer, podcaster, and USMC veteran. She enjoys writing a variety of fiction, but always romance.

 

Links:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cara.north.94/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/caranorth_author/

 

Elle Klass

Elle Klass is an award winning author. She currently lives in Florida with her family. To date she has written and published over twenty books, in varying genre's including mystery, suspense, psychological thrillers, fantasy, sci-fi and contemporary fiction. When she's not writing she's spending time with family or friends, traveling, relaxing at home watching ghost and horror movies or listening to an audio book.

 

Links:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ElleKlass

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/elleklass/

BookBub: https://www.bookbub.com/authors/elle-klass

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Elleklass

 

Marie Long

Marie Long is a novelist who enjoys the snowy weather, the mountains, and a cup of hot white chocolate. She’s an avid supporter of literacy movements.

Links:

Website: https://www.marielongauthor.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/marielongauthor

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/marielongauthor

Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/marielongauthor

Bookbub: https://www.bookbub.com/authors/marie-long

Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/author/marielong

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/marie_long

 

 

Valerie Puri

Valerie Puri is an author of Paranormal, Fantasy, and Young Adult.

As an author of both short stories and novels, she enjoys the flexibility of writing tales of any length. Her favorite aspect of writing is the ability to create something out of nothing. She loves building worlds readers can visualize and filling those worlds with complex characters and storylines. Valerie believes that the experiences we have in life are just stories waiting to be written.

When she’s not writing, she enjoys spending time with her family, traveling, or listening to audio books. She is a Florida transplant, but part of her will always call the Midwest home.

 

Links:

Facebook: valerie.tait.94

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/AuthorValeriePuri

 

Giveaway Details:

1 Winner will receive a $25 Amazon GC, International.

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Rising Star By: Michele Kwasniewski

 

I am thrilled to be hosting a spot on the RISING STAR by Michele Kwasniewski Blog Tour hosted by Rockstar Book Tours. Check out my post and make sure to enter the giveaway!

 

About The Book:

Title: RISING STAR

Author: Michele Kwasniewski

Pub. Date: October 20, 2020

Publisher: Rand-Smith LLC

Formats: Paperback, eBook

Pages: 268

Find it: Goodreads, Amazon, Kindle, B&N, iBooks, Kobo, TBD, Bookshop.org

In the first book in THE RISE AND FALL OF DANI TRUEHART series, RISING STAR, fifteen-year-old Dani Truehart is living a life that is not quite her own. Driven by her mother's desire for fame and fortune, she has spent her childhood dutifully training for a career as a pop star. On the brink of discovery, doubts begin to creep into Dani's mind as she questions her own desire for fame, and she wonders whether she can trust the motivations of the adults who are driving her forward.

Following a brilliant audition arranged by her vocal/dance coach and former '80s pop icon Martin Fox, Dani is thrown full-force into the music industry. She leaves her friends, family and scheming mother behind to move with Martin, who has become her legal guardian, into the Malibu compound of her new manager, Jenner Redman. Jenner, the former swindling manager of Martin's boy band, leverages what's left of his depleted fortune to launch Dani's career.

Isolated from her life at home and trying to stay apace with her demanding schedule, Dani struggles to keep in touch with those she loves, connect to her withholding mother and find her voice as an artist. With Martin and Jenner at odds over their rocky past and finding herself unprepared to handle the pressures of her future singing career, Dani's debut album and future stardom are at risk of falling apart.

 

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About Michele:

Michele Kwasniewski, is an entertainment industry insider who has seen what the Hollywood machine can do to people – having worked for many years in film and television production on such films and TV shows as Primal Fear, Independence Day, Evita, Face/Off, Big Brother, and many TCL, HGTV, and Discovery series including: Meet the Pandas, Adoption Story, Wedding Story, and Extra Yardage. 

With her book, she shares the glamour and excitement of fame as well as the hard work it takes to achieve success and the price of living life in the public eye.  Everyone wants to be famous, but most people have no idea what that really means.  Michele has seen it firsthand.  She is an active member of the Producers Guild of America.

Michele's colorful experiences in the industry inspired her to write THE RISE AND FALL OF DANI TRUEHART series. Michele lives in San Clemente, California with her husband, their son, and their disobedient dachshund. RISING STAR is her first novel.

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Giveaway Details:

3 lucky winners will win signed copy of RISING STAR & RISING STAR pencils, US Only.

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Tour Schedule:

Week One:

1/18/2021	Rockstar Book Tours	Kickoff Post
1/18/2021	JaimeRockstarBookTours	Instagram Post
1/19/2021	BookHounds YA	Interview
1/19/2021	BookHounds	Instagram Post
1/20/2021	Down The Rabbit Hole	Guest Post
1/20/2021	@booknerd84	Instagram Post
1/21/2021	A Dream Within A Dream	Guest Post
1/21/2021	Living in a Bookworld	Excerpt
1/22/2021	Books A-Brewin'	Guest Post
1/22/2021	Books A-Brewin'	Instagram Post

 

Week Two:

1/25/2021	The Scribe Owl	Review
1/25/2021	Three gals and plenty of books	Guest Post
1/26/2021	Wonder Struck	Review
1/26/2021	Jaime's World	Excerpt
1/27/2021	The Phantom Paragrapher	Review
1/27/2021	The Phantom Paragrapher	Instagram Post
1/28/2021	Pine Enshrined Reviews	Review
1/28/2021	Two Chicks on Books	Excerpt
1/29/2021	Lifestyle of Me	Review
1/29/2021	Jotted by Jena	Excerpt