A cloudy afternoon to read Shade of Light

10/24/23 • 19 min

As you step inside an unfamiliar bookshop, you pull a brand new book from the shelf: Shade of Light, by Kimberly Grymes, and read the first chapter before setting out into a cloudy afternoon. ---------------------------------------------------------- From the back of the book: Not all monsters are evil. Some choose to do better. So, which one am I? Eighteen-year-old Adele believes she’s a monster because of her ability to infiltrate minds. For years, she’s been kept captive at Castle Forge, living comfortably under the watchful eye of a tyrant general. But after secretly witnessing her aunt heal someone with her blood, Adele knows the only way to get answers is to escape. Even if that means leaving behind the one person who’d shown her compassion during her captivity. She travels far to her childhood village, and while trying to uncover the mysteries of her past, she encounters the Shade. The same mysterious attackers who changed her life eight-years ago. The Shade have been raiding Adele’s childhood village, capturing its inhabitants for their queen, the ruler of the Under Realm. It isn’t long before Adele realizes these attackers possess similar powers, drawing more questions about who she is, where she comes from, and how she’s connected to these evil beings. After a childhood friend is captured and taken to the Under Realm, Adele must decide whether to stay and help the village or return to Castle Forge, where a dear friend might be in danger from the general’s wrath. With evil all around, Adele must choose who she wants to be and what her future holds. This young-adult dark fantasy story promises a captivating and thrilling journey filled with action, suspense, and unexpected twists. Book one in the THREE SHADES TRILOGY explores themes of self-discovery, acceptance, and the power of choice as Adele navigates a dangerous medieval world to find her place in it. -------------------------------------------------------- Shade of Light copyright Kimberly Grymes. Read with the author's permission. For more about Kimberly Grymes, visit: https://kimberlygrymes.com/ Find Liz: www.LizDelton.com/fictional-bookshop

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A perfect autumn day to read All Hallows Airship

As you step off the train into a countryside village, you spy a bookshop were you read 2 chapters of Liz Delton's All Hallows Airship, before meeting a friend.

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From the back of the book:

A catastrophic blast. A haunting memory. And she only has one chance to prove her family’s innocence.

All Caz Coppersdown has ever wanted is to be a journalist for the Soldark Times. But the chances of her parents letting her pursue a breaking story are slim. Secluded after a childhood illness, Caz finally gets to leave Soldark for a trip to the country to her great aunt's estate, but she quickly finds out there isn’t anything newsworthy there—unless you count her aunt's upcoming All Hallows Eve soiree.

Until the local airshow clashes with her aunt’s party plans—causing more than just pumpkins to be destroyed. When Caz meets one of the airship pilots and discovers something about her family's past, Caz might have just found her big story.

But she’ll need to dig for the facts quickly, because the constables are looking for a culprit, and old ghosts are making themselves known on this All Hallows Eve.

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A Dark All Hallows Night to read Lord of the Hollow Court

Step inside the fictional bookshop on a dark All Hallows night amid the rustling leaves and spectral moon. Peruse the first chapter of Lord of the Hollow Court, by C.K. Beggan before heading back out into the night.

LORD OF THE HOLLOW COURT, Fade to Black Edition, Season of the Fae Book One by C.K. Beggan

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From the back of the book:

A human girl in want of a husband. A fae lord of a court on the brink. This year’s Samhain revel shall be anything but ordinary.

It's Halloween night in Sleepy Hollow, and Katty is desperate to find a husband. When prime target Ichabod flees into the woods, Katty steals her friend's horse and chases after him—only to encounter a frightening spirit on horseback. While stumbling through the misty woods, Katty finds herself in an enchanted fae manor.

As Lord of the Hollow Court, low fae Braam hosts the Samhain revel each year, an event that draws high fae from international courts—including his liege and secret lover, Madeleif. Despite his efforts to perfect every detail of the revel and save his Court, Braam is irresistibly drawn to Madeleif, right under her royal mate's nose.

But this year's revel must go off without a hitch: if Braam can't prove his court's worth, the Hollow Court will be absorbed into the merciless Court of Claws. After Katty is discovered in his pantry, Braam scrambles to save a human girl he's never met instead of returning to the woman he loves.

Will Katty and Braam be each other's salvation? Or is a single human girl all it takes to topple the Hollow Court for good?

This fae The Legend of Sleepy Hollow retelling is the first in a series of interconnected, standalone romantic fantasy novels, each set during a different time of year in fae courts around the world. Lord of the Hollow Court: Fade to Black Edition features historical romance, an age gap romance, a marriage of convenience and tension-filled fade to black scenes.

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Lord of the Hollow Court copyright C.K. Beggan. Read with the author's permission. For more about the author, visit: https://www.ckbeggan.com/

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