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New Release! Savvy Girl's Guide to Heartbreak Survival, by Abigail Hickman

1/2/2022

Amazon Link, available in ebook, paperback, and hardcover:
https://www.amazon.com/s?k=savvy+girls+guide+to+heartbreak+survival&crid=OHYZEZUFH6B8&sprefix=savvy+girl%2Caps%2C107&ref=nb_sb_ss_ts-doa-p_2_10

ABOUT THE BOOK: Savvy Girl's Guide to Heartbreak Survival is a revealing book for anyone suffering from the humiliation, powerlessness, and sorrow from betrayal through adultery. Savvy Girl writes with candor, rawness, and a dose of dark humor to guide those coming behind her on the road toward healing and savvy self-love. This creative-nonfiction work was written shortly after Savvy Girl's husband confessed his infidelity and left her lying on the floor weeping and snotty to rush to the adulteress' house for dinner. He actually stepped over her to get to the door.

She wrote the book she needed to read during the dark, cold times of panic, confusion, and rage. Savvy Girl's Guide to Heartbreak Survival chronicles Savvy Girl's mistakes, embarrassments, and vulnerabilities as she unsuccessfully fought to save her love affair with her husband who exchanged her for what Savvy Girl calls, a She Pig. With the help of her steady Warrior Girlfriends, she learns how to get up off the floor and walk triumphantly into the world as a Savvy Warrior.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Abigail Hickman continues to heal by building her fempire, Savvy Girl Productions, a company that will offer insight, humor and healing to those who have been betrayed. She lives in a small, Appalachian town, writes for the local paper, podcasts for the local radio station and eats a good deal of pie.

New epic fantasy release! The End of the Sojourn, by Paul Lubaczewski

1/1/2022

Amazon Link:
https://www.amazon.com/End-Sojourn-Paul-Lubaczewski/dp/B09NR5R27L/ref=sr_1_3?crid=1QYYPCZK2JCRP&keywords=the+end+of+the+sojourn&qid=1641064376&sprefix=the+end+of+the+sojourn%2Caps%2C112&sr=8-3

ABOUT THE BOOK: What happens after the final triumphant battle? When the kingdom is won and ever after is achieved. Domestic bliss, parenthood, running the kingdom, entropy takes over. After years of enjoying the spoils of their victory, Lippius and his wife Ursula are told by the sorcerer Mortus that the evil they thought vanquished has returned more powerful and more of a threat than ever and that they are their kingdoms only hope!

After so many years, can they and their companions return as the warriors they were to defeat the evil Dallion and his mad god? Or, was ever after only for a little while?

REVIEWERS: PDF copy and author interview available upon reqwuest.

3 new releases! The Lucid Trilogy, by Author Christopher McMaster

12/12/2021

AMAZON LINK:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08H1FZ3T5/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i1

ABOUT AMERICAN DREAMER:

“What I understood, was that for better or worse, history was turned topsy turvy that night in Chicago …” Claude Pepper, American politician, member of US Senate, 1936-1951
Waking in a dream, Nadia finds herself in a class with two other students. Miss Biel, the woman posing as their teacher, (if indeed she is a teacher, or a woman), convinces them that they have no real choice but to assist with her plan to ensure the right man gets the nomination. Their teacher breaks each of them with terrifying nightmares, and ‘tasks’ to complete while awake that destroy any hope of escape or redemption.
But Nadia begins to realize she isn’t quite alone, not exactly powerless, and that there are those beside Miss Biel who want a certain outcome. There comes a time when she has to decide who to trust.
The party bosses got their way, as they tend to do. They would even take credit for what happened that fateful night in July.
American Dreamer weaves present and past in a narrative that transports the reader to an earlier age, and slowly wakes them to an alternative reality, not too distant than our own present.

AMAZON LINK:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0965XGHQV/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i0

ABOUT TOMORROW'S HISTORY:

The gods don’t stand idle, content with watching the human drama unfold. Just as the sagas and the ancient stories tell, they like to interfere.

London. Present day. The sun glints off solar panels, harvesting the energy that keeps the city moving. Roof gardens add a hint of green to the skyline. The pristine waters of the Thames flow through the heart of the city. The quiet hum of electric cars fill the streets. Airships pass overhead on their way north to the capital, Jorvik. Ships of the Great Fleet load at the busy docks, preparing for the voyage across the Western Ocean to the Far Settlements, holding the Norse world together.
Were it not for his disturbing dreams, Jakob would think his world is safe. But it isn’t. Something needs finishing for his present to come to pass, and for some unknown reason he has been chosen to do it.
Jakob finds himself in dreams from which there is no escape, where he must survive among ancestors less refined and genteel than his current countrymen. Thrust into an age of Vikings who are much more familiar with the sword and the axe, he lacks the one skill that is essential to survival. While the gods manipulate fate, he uses the only thing he has—his wits.
Tasked with leading a party of Danes in pursuit of royal game he is swept into an adventure that can only have one outcome if Britain is to survive. Alfred must not get away.

AMAZON LINK:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09H5FBP69/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i5

ABOUT GODS AND DREAMERS:
Time kills all things. Even the gods.

We all dream. But how can we even know what we do in our dreams if the memory fades like mist when we wake up? Teeny, Robbie, and Thieu start to recall their dreams and the disturbing acts of violence and servitude that they are coerced into committing in timelines other than theirs.

Awareness breeds rebellion. Led by Petrit and Nadia, who enlist the new rebels into their secret campaign against the manipulative gods, the dreamers learn how to use their lucidity to resist the oppressive forces that control their dreams and realities alike. Together, the dreamers struggle to protect their timelines and push back against the gods that exploit mortals for entertainment and rewrite history for sustained nourishment.

But first they have to survive. There are others who think them heretics and will try to stop them at all costs

NEW FICTION RELEASE! Wrong Girl Gone by Audrey Wilson

12/12/2021

Amazon link:
https://www.amazon.com/Wrong-Girl-Gone-Audrey-Wilson/dp/194738144X/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=wrong+girl+gone&qid=1639333587&sr=8-1

ABOUT THE BOOK: It's late in the summer of 1989 and the body of twenty-two-year-old Joy Elliot Larson is about to be discovered on the bank of the Kawanee River.

But let's not get ahead of ourselves.

As a young mother living in her small hometown of Jasper, Mississippi, Joy lives paycheck to paycheck with her son, Jerry, and alcoholic husband, Carl. After enduring years of Carl’s abuse, Joy reaches her breaking point when she discovers a large stash of money he’s been keeping from her. With the encouragement of her twin sister, Joy takes the money, packs up Jerry, and goes on the run, determined to get as far away from Carl as possible. But Joy is not alone. Someone is following her. And it's only a matter of time before Joy will have to fight for her son… and her life.

NEW RELEASE! Easy Alien and Outerspace Children's Coloring Book

10/9/2021

Purchase Link:

https://www.amazon.com/Easy-Alien-Outer-Space-Coloring/dp/B09GTG5NX6/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=alien+coloring+book+kristi+morgan&qid=1632602253&sr=8-2

Simple, easy to color pages designed for toddler through age 9

NEW RELEASE! Dream Nexus, by Wenonah Lyon

10/8/2021

ABOUT THE BOOK:

Separated by time and space, Jeannette and Jean Marie dream of each other's lives. As they learn to communicate intentionally, they realize that the characters and conflicts in Jeannette's past are re-created in Jean Marie's present. If Jean Marie’s intervention changes the past, how does that change the present?

REVIEWERS: Email Kristi at dreamingbigpublications@outlook.com to request your free PDF copy and author interview.

NEW RELEASE! Where Have You Been Bobby Mar? by Morris Dalla Costa

10/7/2021

ABOUT THE BOOK:
Bob Marr had been through a great deal in his young life. A Canadian, raised in Texas, he was a Vietnam War hero. A heavily-decorated veteran of the famous 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment, he survived life-threatening injuries losing an eye and almost an arm to a rocket-propelled grenade. He left the hell of Vietnam physically and mentally broken, but he was finally home. He just wanted to make a normal life for himself. Yet here he was, lying handcuffed to a hospital bed with a hole in his back from a police bullet and a good chance that his final destination would be death row. How did things go so wrong? His mind was spinning with images of the shootout, Viet Cong soldiers jumping out from behind trees and the shattered bodies of the men he tried to put together as a field medic in the Vietnam jungle. What was happening in his head? If he lived beyond his 21 years, Marr would not have an easy ride in years to come.

REVIEWERS:
Request your free PDF review copy and author interview by emailing dreamingbigpublications@outlook.com

NEW RELEASE! The Humble Courier, by J.T. Maicke

10/6/2021

ABOUT THE BOOK:
Father Hartmann Bottger, a Benedictine monk and priest, has confronted bullies his entire life, including pompous clerics, local thugs, and callous and corrupt French Army occupation authorities in the German Rhineland. But Father Hartmann faces his greatest challenges with the rise to power of the Nazi Party and the brutality of the dreaded Gestapo, which threaten the rights of the Church as well as the lives and spiritual beliefs of Father Harti and the members of his small village parish.

The Humble Courier takes place in Germany during the turbulent years from the end of the Great War to the beginning of World War II. It is the story of a German soldier who believes he has been called to the Roman Catholic priesthood and tasked with fighting evil and protecting the weak from the strong. Although Father Hartmann initially employs passive resistance to fulfill what he perceives to be his mission, he comes to the conclusion that more aggressive—even violent—means are necessary to confront the awesome power of the SS and the Gestapo. Employing unlikely allies and extraordinary methods, Father Hartmann sets out to take the fight to his enemies, justifying his actions with St. Augustine’s proverb “Punishment is justice for the unjust.”

REVIEWERS/BLOGGERS: Email Kristi at dreamingbigpublications@outlook.com to request your free PDF review copy today. There is also an author interview available upon request. Sign up for our newsletter to receive new releases directly to your inbox.

NEW RELEASE! Flying High, by Cynthia DiTaranto

10/5/2021

ABOUT THE BOOK:
What do kite flying, Reiki and lawsuits have in common? Tension. When Carissa Spellman, a kite store owner and Reiki practitioner, is slapped with a lawsuit by her "best friend", she believes a family curse has come to roost upon her. A legal action ensues that erases the easy ebb and flow of Carissa's life and unleashes a tautness unlike any she has ever felt piloting a kite. Quirky Aunt Nettie Potts joins her in a battle against the forces out to destroy her. They enlist Aunt Nettie's former Reiki client and lawyer, Felicia White, to help combat the destructive impact on Carissa's personal life, and the further reaching implications for the entire complementary medicine arena. Will the accusers who are calling Reiki an occult practice succeed? Game on.

REVIEWERS/BLOGGERS: Use the contact form on this website to request your free PDF review copy. We also have author interviews available upon request.

NEW CHILDREN'S MIDDLE GRADE RELEASE! Mr. Barsins' Toy Emporium, by Lois Wickstrom

10/4/2021

ABOUT THE BOOK:
While on his birthday cruise, Jack spies a mermaid. He finds her later in the secret room at Mr. Barsin's Toy Emporium. Lily lost her sylphs when her father moved to Florida. Like her other friends, her sylphs stayed behind. But now they are looking for her in Mr. Barsin's Toy Emporium. Audrey sees herself as a noble knight, whose duty is to slay a dragon. She seeks one at Mr. Barsin's Toy Emporium, and she intends to slay it. And Nick has been lying about a bad gnome causing all the trouble at his house. He finds a really bad gnome at Mr. Barsin's Toy Emporium. Why is Mr. Barsin giving out imaginary playmates? Are they in danger?

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