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Tour Sign Up: Wrath Becomes Her by Aden Polydoros

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  Would you like to participate in  the bookstagram tour for  WRATH BECOMES HER? Synopsis: Frankenstein meets Inglourious Basterds in this stunning Jewish historical horror novel from the award-winning author of The City Beautiful about a fierce golem created to enact vengeance upon the Nazis. Lithuania, 1943. A father drowns in the all-consuming grief of a daughter killed by the Nazis. He can’t bring her back. But he can use kishuf – an ancient and profane magic – to create an avenging golem in her image. Vera was made for vengeance. She is the Jew that the Nazis cannot kill. But is she more than the wrath that her creator infused within her? ABOUT THE TOUR The tour for Wrath Becomes Her will take place October 16th to the 29th. This tour is open to bookstagrammers in the UK and physical copies will be provided.  We usually expect reviews from participants but please indicate on the form if you'll be unable to provide this. Don't forget to  sign up for our mail...

Tour Sign Up: Mistletoe & Mishigas by M.A. Wardell

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  Would you like to participate in  the bookstagram tour for  MISTLETOE & MISHIGAS? Synopsis: Beauty and the Bear. Can these opposites fake their way to something real? Sheldon Soleskin should be having a horrible day. Even though he's been unexpectedly transferred to a new school right before the holidays, has only one day to set up his new classroom, and just discovered his twin sister's been hiding an invitation to his ex-boyfriend's Christmas Eve wedding, he's still ready to take on the world with a smile on his face and a skip in his step. Theo Berenson just wants to be left alone to his custodial duties. But when the chipper new first-grade teacher needs help moving furniture the Sunday after Thanksgiving, he's forced to do something he detests. Help. To make matters worse, Theo's overbearing parents are coming for Hanukah in a few weeks, and he's told them he has a boyfriend. Except he doesn't. Because who would want to date an oaf like Theo? ...

Tour Sign Up: Twelve Bones by Rosie Talbot

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  Would you like to participate in  the bookstagram tour for  TWELVE BONES? Synopsis: Charlie Frith and his new love, Sam, have just saved the dead from the living! Now it's time to focus on being a normal couple if such a thing exists? But when a new threat lurks in the shadows, this time to the living, and all who Charlie and Sam hold near, they must put everything on the line including their lives to work out who is behind it. And even then, it may not be enough! The highly anticipated sequel to BookTok sensation SIXTEEN SOULS. ABOUT THE TOUR The tour for Twelve Bones will take place October 16th to the 29th. This tour is open to bookstagrammers in the UK and physical copies will be provided.  We usually expect reviews from participants but please indicate on the form if you'll be unable to provide this. Don't forget to  sign up for our mailing list  to get new tour sign ups sent straight to your email!  If you are selected, we will let you know wit...

Tour Sign up: The Misfit Mage and His Dashing Devil by MN Bennet

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  Would you like to participate in  the bookstagram tour for  The Misfit Mage and His Dashing Devil ? Synopsis: Apprentice mage Wally spends his days cataloging rare artifacts and dreaming about finally mastering his magics and living the adventures he’s always desired. Bez, a once mighty devil who craves the freedom of the outside world again, despises his confinement inside a powerful object. His only company now comes from the mages working within the archives he’s stored. Among them, the most annoying of them all, an anxious and considerate Walter. When the archive is attacked, Wally and Bez each seize the opportunity to achieve their dreams—and inadvertently create a magical link between them. With so many lives lost in this assault on the mage headquarters, Wally’s connection to a dangerous devil makes him a threat and a target, forcing the pair on the run. Wally sees Bez as a sadistic devil, and Bez finds every word out of the mage’s mouth grating. Even so, they’ll...

Tour Sign Up: Trouble the Living by Francesca McDonnell Capossela

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  Would you like to participate in  the bookstagram tour for  TROUBLE THE LIVING? Synopsis: It’s the final years of the Troubles in Northern Ireland, and Bríd and her sister, Ina, try to maintain a stable life in a divided country. Pushed by her mother’s fanaticism and a family tragedy, Bríd joins the IRA and makes a devastating choice. Frightened and guilt ridden, she flees, leaving behind Ireland and her family for America. Years later, her guilt and tragic history still buried, Bríd is an overprotective mother raising her sensitive daughter, Bernie, in Southern California. Growing up amid a different kind of social unrest, Bernie’s need for independence and her exploration of her sexuality drive a wedge into their already-fragile relationship. When mother and daughter are forced to return to Northern Ireland, they both must confront the past, the present, and the women they’ve become. As they navigate their troubled legacies, mother and daughter untangle the threads of...

Tour Sign Up: 10 Things That Never Happened by Alexis Hall

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  Would you like to participate in  the bookstagram tour for  10 Things That Never Happened? Synopsis: FAKE AMNESIA. REAL FEELINGS? REAL PROBLEMS. Sam Becker loves-or, okay, likes-his job. Sure, managing a bed and bath retailer isn't exactly glamorous, but it's good work and he gets on well with the band of misfits who keep the store running. He could see himself being content here for the long haul. Too bad, then, that the owner is an infuriating git. Jonathan Forest should never have hired Sam. It was a sentimental decision, and Jonathan didn't get where he is by following his heart. Determined to set things right, Jonathan orders Sam down to London for a difficult talk...only for a panicking Sam to trip, bump his head, and maybe accidentally imply he doesn't remember anything? Faking amnesia seemed like a good idea when Sam was afraid he was getting sacked, but now he has to deal with the reality of Jonathan's guilt-as well as the unsettling fact that his surly b...

Fourth World & New World by Lyssa Chiavari Tour Sign Up

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  Would you like to participate in  the bookstagram tour for  FOURTH WORLD & NEW WORLD? Synopsis of Suicide Notes: IAMOS, S.C.D. 8378 Nadin's planet is dying. As its atmosphere drains away, her people are forced to live huddled in domed cities for protection. With only enough resources to support the population for one more year, time is running out. Nadin thinks she's found a way to save Iamos, but it will mean defying the planet's rulers, the geroi—and betraying the geroi could cost her everything. When a strange boy from another world appears out of nowhere outside the citidome's glass walls, Nadin knows for sure that her plan will work. But to build the device that can save her people, Nadin must first find the legendary city of Elytherios. And to do that, she'll need the help of the mysterious alien boy named Isaak. MARS, 2073 C.E. All Isaak wanted was to get through his senior year at the Academy in one piece. Everything would have been fine if he hadn...