Sonar the Crashing Audiobook Tour

 

The Sonar Series (Book #1)

 

 New Adult, Sci-fi Romance, and Space Opera

Date Published: September 24th

Narrator: Des. M. Astor and Scott Calhoun

Run Time: 12:39 hours

 

 

 Is it more than déjà vu? With the Romeland family it may be destined to be true.

 

          Harmony’s mind is in a tug of war with the peculiar dreams that start to unfold. With no memory of her real identity, she wonders if her dreams are only her wild imagination or déjà vu? When her past begins to unravel, Harmony learns the life she’s known has been an illusion. The truth may not set her free because her destiny is out of her control.

          Paige is frantic when she discovers the love of her life no longer remembers her. Paige has to determine if she will fight for him or let him go. Either choice has consequences, but she must find a way to restore her family before all is lost.

          Jason and his siblings have always been an enigma, waking up in the middle of nowhere with no recollection of who they are. Jason struggles with amnesia and what his future holds. So, he’s never allowed himself to get close to anyone.

          When a new girl moves to town, Jason’s connection with her is undeniable. Stepping out on fate, Jason let’s Melanie in. But he can’t shake the feeling that she reminds him of someone from his mysterious past. As Jason and Melanie grow closer, strange things start to unfold. Jason tries to brush these incidents under a rug until he can no longer deny who he truly is. Something was done to him, and his memory was wiped clean.

When the truth catches up to him, he must decide where his destiny lies. Will Jason choose his past or his future? The most important decision of Jason’s life will affect the existence of everyone he knows.

 

About the Author

B. Truly has wanted to be an author since she was fifteen years old. She is grateful to have accomplished this dream. B. Truly has very vivid dreams and a wild imagination. She likes to read, watch tons of TV shows, and movies. She’s addicted to romance and gets a thrill out of suspense and sci-fi. She writes young adult, new adult, and adult romance, sci-fi, dystopian, paranormal, and urban genres.

B. Truly likes to explore conflicted plots of romance with thrilling twists. She also loves creating impossible situations for her characters to grow from and try to overcome.

B. Truly has three wonderful children, and a husband who defines the person that she is today. She works full-time as an Ultrasound technologist in Houston, Texas.

 

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The States Audiobook Tour

 

Contemporary Romance

Date Published: April 30, 2024

Narrator: Siofra Brogan

Run Time: 8 hours and 45 minutes

 

 

Tildy Sullivan is the middle child in an elite yet fading Manhattan family. Her quiet practicality hides her deep, profound longing for childhood summers in western Ireland. She also carries a secret regret. After her mother’s death, she’s persuaded to abandon Ireland and the love of the local boy, Aiden.

When Tildy volunteers for a lucid dreaming experiment, it gives her all she wants – a life lived for her family during the day and a secret, perfect Ireland of her own at night. Will she face reality, or succumb to the ease of her dreams?

THE STATES is a modern reimagining of Jane Austen’s Persuasion, a story of love, obligation, and second chances.

 

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NORAH WOODSEY is the author of The States, The Control Problem, Lifeless, and the novella When the Wave Collapses. After short careers in finance and tech, she has dedicated herself to creating fiction. Her subjects of intense interest but not quite expertise include history, physics, genetics, sociology and gender studies. The product of four generations of Brooklynites,"she now lives in California with her husband, children and their dog Saoirse.

  

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Anvil of God Audiobook Tour

Historical Fiction

Date Published: 1/18/2024

Narrator: Deborah Balm

Run Time: 15h 30 min

 

 

It is 741. Only one thing stands between Charles the Hammer and the throne—he's dying. Despite his best efforts, the only thing to reign after Charles's death is chaos. Son battles son, Christianity battles paganism, and Charles's daughter flees his court for an enemy's love.

Based on a true story, Anvil of God is a whirlwind of love, honor, sacrifice, and betrayal that follows a bereaved family's relentless quest for power and destiny.

 

 

About the Author

After a 25-year career working as a press secretary on Capitol Hill, writing a weekly column for a daily newspaper, and managing crisis and public affairs for many of the largest American corporations and institutions, J. Boyce Gleason began writing historical fiction to satisfy his passion for storytelling.

His first novel ANVIL OF GOD, Book One of the Carolingian Chronicles received a starred review from Publishers Weekly, was named Historical Fiction Book of the Year by the Independent Publishers Awards and Mainstream/Literary e-Book of the Year by Writers Digest Magazine.  The sequels (Wheel of the Fates & Crown of a King) both received 4.5 ratings or better on Amazon.

With an AB in history from Dartmouth College, Gleason brings a strong understanding of the events that shaped history. He says he writes historical fiction to discover “why.” He and his wife live in Virginia.

 

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The Litter Audio Book by Kevin R. Doyle Virtual Book Tour

 

When it comes to controlling characters and having them behave as I desire, it’s been quite a learning process. This is clearly shown by one of the main characters in The Litter.

At the time I began writing this book, a little over ten years ago, I had written five other novels, with only one of them seeing publication. Thus, I was definitely still feeling my way into some sort of process for putting a book together. My system (if you want to call it that) at the time was to get a basic starting point in my head, begin writing a first draft, and from there go seat of the pants. 

While this method did allow me to eventually (after eighteen months of effort) finish the book, it led to an awful lot of false starts, rewrites, and revisions until arriving at a finished product. This same basic system applied itself not only to the plot but to the characters within said plot.

The most obvious example, in terms of characterization, where I was still learning was Karen Bannister. Her essential premise came fairly easily. Young, female, social worker, do-gooder mentality. For most of the first draft, that’s all she was. Almost all surface, hardly any depth. By the time I completed that draft, this led to some serious problems with her character.

The big thing I noticed was that she was being motivated by the plot. What I mean is that at certain points she was a strong, independent young woman, but in others she was more of an old-fashioned “Scream Queen.” In short, Karen filled the role of whatever the plot required at any given moment.

As I began work on the second draft, I took a long look at Karen, focusing primarily on the “do-gooder” aspect of her personality. The “do-gooder” aspect explained why she spent so much time working at the homeless shelter and on the streets, so much so that she seemed to have no personal life at all. But the question that occurred to me was, why is she so driven? What is there about her work, other than the charitable aspect, that makes her go beyond any normal sense of commitment? 

After thinking it over for a while, I came up with a backstory that filled in those questions. (I won’t mention it here so as not to spoil anything for potential readers or listeners.) As I incorporated that backstory into the main story, it became a lot clearer, and I hope a lot more believable, as to why she does the things she does, and takes the risks she takes, rather than go out and live a normal young woman’s life. 

Once I got this particular aspect of her character fleshed out, it not only gave me some control in terms of Karen but also allowed me to draw a connection between her and another, slightly less important, character that required little more than a name change to fully connect. (Again, being vague so I don’t spoil too much.)

The big takeway, that I’m guessing most fiction writers figure out sooner or later (hopefully sooner than I did), is that you have to have reasons why characters act as they do beyond the fact of the plot requiring it. Once you get those reasons and motivations figured out, it becomes a whole lot easier to manage the characters.

There will still be times, as almost every fiction writer can attest, when they will veer off into unexpected directions and actions, necessitating a course correction for the manuscript overall, but those corrections will more likely make sense in terms of the characters driving the plot, rather than the other way around.

They kept to the shadows so no one would know they existed, and preyed on the nameless who no one would miss. Where did they come from, and who was protecting them? In a city that had seen every kind of savagery, they were something new, something more than murderous. And one woman who had thought she had lost everything there was to lose in life would soon find that nothing could possibly prepare her for what would come when she entered their world.

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A retired high-school teacher and former college instructor, Kevin R. Doyle is the author of four novels in the Sam Quinton mystery series, all published by Camel Press. He’s also written four crime thrillers, including And the Devil Walks Away and The Anchor, and one horror novel, The Litter, along with numerous short horror stories published in small magazines over the years. The first Quinton book, Squatter’s Rights, was nominated for the 2021 Shamus award for Best First PI Novel. A lifelong Midwesterner, Doyle currently resides in Missouri and has loosely based the city of Providence in the Quinton books on Columbia. 

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A Vengeful Realm Audiobook Tour

 

The Scales of Balance, Book 1

 

Epic Fantasy

Date Published: October 24, 2023

Publisher: First Torch Books

Narrator: Landon Soelberg

Run Time: 16  hours, 6 minutes

 

"Arena-set action sequences shine ... but even more impressive is the constant political maneuvering, as characters mingle with enemies while plotting against them. There is, of course, plenty of mystery, and Facciola amps up excitement with signs of magic, appearances from gods, and betrayals." 

— Kirkus Reviews

"A captivating fantasy with strong characters and even stronger combat scenes ... It is difficult to overstate the storytelling prowess of author Tim Facciola." 

— Independent Book Review

Peace bought by blood seldom lasts, for vengeance knows no end. The same is true for mortals and gods alike. Decades, centuries, and even eras may pass, but the cycle remains. As war and revolution rise again, Zephyrus finds himself at the center of it all. Chosen by the gods, hailed as a prophet of liberation, and forged as a weapon to break the kingdom and restore balance to the realm, hope rests squarely on his shoulders.

If only he could remember....

Enslaved as a gladiator and thrust into a prince’s game of espionage, Zephyrus has only two clues to help unlock his shattered past: a prophecy foretelling destruction, and a letter to the enemy king, promising peace. Now Zephyrus must survive the dangers of the gladiatorial arena, the cunning fury of the prince’s enemies, and the gods’ torment if he is to find the truth of his identity and fulfill his fate. But to have any hope of breaking the cycle, first he must secure his freedom—and not just from his slavers.

Within this vengeful realm, a queen protecting her kingdom, a prince defending his father, and a gladiator slave haunted by a prophecy each contend for their own brand of freedom. But the gods have an agenda of their own, and they'll use any vessel—patrician, plebeian, or slave—to see it done.

The scales must be balanced. By peace. Or by blood.

 

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When Tim isn’t writing epic fantasy, he can often be found in his garage-gym or in the mountains where he lives. A virtual fitness professional by trade, he integrates his creative passions into movement, training with maces, clubs, staves, and swords to unlock his inner gladiator. More than writing, reading, gaming, playing music, hiking, and paddle-boarding, Tim loves story. If he’s not working on his own story, he’s helping others develop theirs as an author coach. Living in Arizona with his wife, Colleen, Tim continues writing epic fantasy novels while exploring different storytelling mediums so he can inspire others to hope. To live. And to believe.

 

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Death Tango Audiobook Tour

Scifi Horror

Date Published: 10/2/23

Publisher: Running Wild Press / RIZE

Narrator: Alexander V Cantrell

Run Time: 11 hrs 34 min

 

A half-bot, an empath, a punk, and a god walk into a 23rd century bar. The four team up to uncover who murdered their esteemed science professor to steal his dark research. The four headstrong misfits must overcome their own inner demons and move quickly to nab the culprit, as whoever has taken Ferguson's research has unleashed the doctor's synthetic plagues onto NYC. Humans and hybrids are going feral, eagerly infecting others with newfound agony. If the team can't work quickly to solve this threat, NYC will be devoured by this plague...which appears to be developing sentience.

 

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Lachi is a touring and performing creative artist, writer, and award-winning cultural activist living in New York City.

Lachi advocates for identity pride and Disability Culture in the music, entertainment and corporate space, as Founder of RAMPD (Recording Artists and Music Professionals with Disabilities) and as an active Grammys Board Governor.

In her free-time Lachi writes sci-fi and fantasy novels with diverse, headstrong characters, focusing heavily on atonal world-building, quip-ridden character development, and relatable villains.

 

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Dogged Pursuit Virtual Audiobook Tour

 

A Veronica Kildare K-9 Mystery, Book 1

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Date Published: March 22, 2023

Narrator: Alyssa Baumann

Run Time: 11 hours, 4 minutes

 

"An action-packed adventure blended smoothly with mystery and hope.... The character development is well done and complete.... The plot twists...are smooth and deliberate. Carter did an excellent job of making the story feel authentic and realistic through dialogue and rich imagery. It was well-written, and engaging and the narrator was the right fit!.... Alyssa Baumann captured and projected the personality of Veronica perfectly. She is very adept at projecting emotions and situations in a clear and intense manner. The excitement and energy she brought to the book were spot-on." — AudioBookReviewer

 

The debut book in the Veronica Kildare K-9 Mystery series opens with escalating suspense and intensifies into a resilient fight for survival. With its engaging combination of canine and human personalities, thrilling plot, and gorgeous Colorado backdrop, Dogged Pursuit will appeal to dog lovers, outdoors enthusiasts, and mystery lovers alike.

Veronica Kildare cannot believe her luck–being shot at, again, by the bad guys. The sound, the feel of the bullet, and the hatred resonate for more than just the transitory moment of impact. She has relocated to a new state, but brutality has rampaged into this life as well. As the survivor of a senseless act of violence in her former life, Veronica struggles to recover from the lingering physical and emotional scars by working as a dog handler near Boulder, Colorado. Empowered by her intense bond with her search and rescue and drug detection dog, Leda, she finally begins to shake off the pain of her past. Then Veronica is drawn into the puzzling search for a scientist who has vanished near Rocky Mountain National Park.

Dr. Randy Jeffers has inexplicably disappeared on the eve of his testimony in the high profile murder trial of a pro basketball player and the police are baffled. As Veronica and Leda traverse rugged Roosevelt National Forest in a desperate search testing the limits of their abilities, it is not initially clear who has targeted Dr. Jeffers, or why. But it becomes shockingly obvious that someone will stop at nothing to silence him forever. The kidnappers with murder on their mind have guns, but Veronica has Leda and her own blossoming resilience as her weapons in their struggle for survival.

 

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Tracy Carter graduated from the University of Glasgow, Scotland with a master's degree in history. Her lengthy career as a legal assistant has included stints at international law firms and prosecutors' offices, followed by jobs as the horse identifier at two thoroughbred racetracks — all while training dogs in obedience and rally. She lives near Cleveland, Ohio, with her husband and Llewellin Setter (aka the diva).

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Audio Tour for The Sunny Side by Lily Morton

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The Sunny Side
By Lily Morton

Narrated by Joel Leslie

The Model Agency, Book 1

Jonas Durand is successful, rich, and controlled. He owns a prestigious modelling agency and has the world at his fingertips, but a turbulent childhood has taught him to be focused and never deviate from a plan.

Dean Jacobs threatens that stance. He’s one of the world’s most sought-after supermodels, but he’s also laidback and lighthearted and free in a way that Jonas has never quite managed.

Dean has always been interested in Jonas and has never made any secret of his admiration, but from the beginning, Jonas put him in a neat little box labelled, “Don’t touch,” turned the key, and never looked back.

However, the universe seems determined to thwart Jonas’s plans. Over the course of one hot summer, the two men come together, and Jonas’s well-ordered life becomes something a whole lot wilder.

Moving from the glamorous worlds of London and Paris Fashion Weeks to the sleepy South of France, Jonas finds himself liberating partridges, chasing his supermodel, and falling in love.

From bestselling author, Lily Morton, comes a romantic comedy set in the fast-paced and snarky world of modelling. This is the first book in the Model Agency series.

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I climb the stone steps to the police station and, after letting myself in, I blink at the cacophony that greets me. The waiting room is full of people sitting or standing, and the air is thick with the sound of different languages being spoken at high volume.

I push through the crowd and stand behind an old lady speaking to the duty officer. Her voice is cultured, and she’s a little out of place here. I wonder what’s drawn her to a police station in Charing Cross at midnight.

“No, you must understand I do not want to press charges,” she says shrilly. “The hotel was completely wrong to ring for the police. It was just high jinks amongst young men. They were letting off steam.”

“Madame, they are not kettles,” the officer says, unimpressed.

The lady looks around for support and catches my eye. “Men,” she says.

I nod, heartily concurring. I deal with them on a daily basis, and whoever said that women were the deadlier of the species obviously never ran a modelling agency.

She turns back to the policeman. “So, I wish for him to be released immediately. It’s a travesty of justice.” She nods regally at him and stalks away to a seat.

He sighs. “It was a hotel brawl. He’s not Sean Connery in The Rock,” he mutters. He straightens as I step forward. “Sorry, sir. How can I help you?”

“I’m here for Dean Jacobs,” I say briskly, checking my watch. “I understand he was brought in an hour ago.”

“Oh god. Not you too.”

I frown at him. “Pardon?”

“You can join his fan club over there,” the policeman says. He gestures at the old woman who was just speaking to him. She’s now watching a man blowing bubbles with a dachshund dressed as a clown perched on his lap. The dog looks like he’s pretending this isn’t happening to him.

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About Lily:

Lily is a bestselling gay romance author. She writes love stories filled with heat and humour.

She lives in sunny England with her husband and two children, all of whom claim that they haven't had a proper conversation with her since she got her Kindle.

Lily has spent her life with her head full of daydreams, and decided one day to just sit down and start writing about them. In the process she discovered that she actually loved writing, because how else would she get to spend her time with hot and funny men?

She loves chocolate and Baileys and the best of all creations - Chocolate Baileys.

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✱✱AudioBook Review✱✱ AudioBook Tour: The Innocence of Death

Author: E.G. Stone

Narrator: RJ Bayley

Length: 6 hours 34 minutes

Series: On Behalf of Death, Book 1

Producer: Audiobook Empire

Publisher: Tarney Brae Creative Endeavours

Genre: Fantasy Released: September 13, 2022

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I met Death in the park. And then he offered me a job… My name is Cal Thorpe and I worked for the premier marketing firm as a marketing and public relations agent. Then, I met Death. He gave me two options: go back to the moment when I’d been shot or work for him as his marketing agent. Obviously, I took the job. The only thing is, working for Death was absolutely nothing like I expected. For one, my assistant is a rock troll named Yolanda who smiles a lot and has a penchant for salt. Then, there’s the fact that I have to interview assassins who work with Death to get a sense of the guy. Oh, and finally? Death is married to Life and she’s accusing him of murder. Death says he didn’t do it. Now it’s up to me to go and solve this impossible crime, taking me on a trip through the magical realm of Elsewhere, and back to the mortal realm of Earth, to track down a killer who outsmarted Death. The only question is what is going to happen if I actually find the culprit. I have a feeling things will never be the same again. The Innocence of Death is the first book in an exciting comedic urban fantasy about Death hiring a marketing agent. Things go downhill from there...

E.G. Stone is an independent author who has been writing, creating and causing vast amounts of trouble since the age of six. Since then, E.G. has improved rather a lot in both the trouble-causing and writing and now spends her time writing fantasy and science fiction. When not writing, she is off musing about the workings of languages, both real and created, or drawing and sewing. E.G. reads voraciously, perhaps to the point of slight-insanity. Weird, nerdy, perhaps a little crazy, she is having a grand old time writing, reading, reviewing, interviewing, and, naturally, continuing her endeavours in causing trouble. Happy reading… and writing. 

An accomplished full-time voice actor and audiobook narrator with 4 years of experience. RJ’s voice has been described by peers as a ‘well-weighted baritone, balanced & deep at the same time.’ Natually he’s got a mild Yorkshire lilt that’s trustworthy and relatable. He’s extremely adaptable however and capable of many convincing accents, or anything you throw at him really. RJ’s broadcast quality studio consists of a fully acoustically treated room, RØDE NT-1A microphone, Reaper digital audio workstation and Izotope RX7 for clean-up and mastering for that high end sound. So far he’s narrated over 30 audiobooks with more currently in production. As a VO he’s been the voice of brands such as Nickelodeon, Johnson and Johnson, Network Rail, Aegon, Accord and more. He’s friendly, reliable, professional, takes direction well and always makes sure you’re happy with your narration. He maintains he’s not trying to ruin his own career by deafening himself with heavy metal on his dog walks.

At Audiobook Empire, audio reigns supreme, narrators are hailed as heroes, and headphones are worn with pride. Marrying pomp and circumstance with quality you can count on, Audiobook Empire is a full-service production house that produces and promotes audiobooks with gusto. Give your audiobook the imperial treatment by producing it with Audiobook Empire.

    I received this audiobook as part of my participation in a blog tour with Audiobookworm Promotions. The tour is being sponsored by Audiobook Empire. The gifting of this audiobook did not affect my opinion of it.

Momma Says: 4 stars⭐⭐⭐⭐

“I met Death in the park. And then he offered me a job…”

When a synopsis starts with that, you can bet it’s gonna be interesting. That’s what caught my attention, and I’m glad it did because The Innocence of Death is one entertaining listen. I knew from that one line that I wanted to know more, and between the story and the narration, it made an otherwise dull day of household chores fly by. 

The premise is fun and witty with a bit of mystery. I mean, seriously, Death needs PR - talk about piquing your interest. The whole story is well thought out with so many colorful characters and scenes. Cal Thorpe is the star of this show, and the whole story is told from his perspective. That said, the many characters we meet as Cal tries to solve a murder are as vivid as Cal himself. From his assistant, Yolanda (easily my favorite character) to some flamboyantly dressed vampires, every character stands out. It’s easy to see how much E.G. Stone put into this series start, and I’ll be interested to see what’s next for this engaging supernatural world.

As I mentioned, I listened to this one, and R Bayley deserves big praise for his performance. And I do mean it when I say performance. There is a lot of dialogue, and with so many characters, he still manages to make each one stand out. They’re all distinctive, and many are downright hilarious. Between the accents and inflections and the snark and sarcasm, I’m impressed by how well he kept each character so distinct. I’m pretty imaginative on my own, but I really don’t think I could’ve imagined this one as good as Bayley performed it for the audiobook. This is my first time listening to this narrator, but I can’t imagine anyone else doing this one now that I’ve heard him.

What it all comes down to is there’s a fine line between just enough comedy and too much so that the story loses something. Stone walks that line very well, and the narration takes an already hilarious story and makes it even more so. I’ll be excited to see what’s next for these characters, and if you enjoy a whole lotta funny with an imaginative story, this is one to check out.