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One Small Bite

The excitement is growing here at Kingsmuir Press with our newest novel due out in just days!  We are jumping the final hurdles with editors and production managers and expect to have it available to order by Tuesday!  The novel we are so excited about is One Small Bite by R.J. Hanrahan.  If you like Fifty Shades of Gray type naughty novels only with vampires, then this is the book for you.  This novel cannot be neatly pigeonholed into one specific category, it’s drama, with romance and a little erotica for those looking for a little more spice.

Look for it this week on Amazon and Barnes and Noble, should be out on all e-readers in the next week.  Here’s the back cover teaser:

Pemberthy Parker grew up having very little in her lower middle class community, but from these humble beginnings emerges the woman destined to be Queen. At first, it seems like a dream that one day she will return to her mother’s kingdom and her vampire coven as it’s ruler. Pem’s mother left the coven and married a mortal many years ago to avoid her own arranged marriage to King Vitale, a man she did not love.

She did not, however, escape the King’s indignant wrath. Desperate to keep the crown in the Urbino family, the king on his death, arranged the betrothal of Pem and his cousin Fortuno. Now Pem finds herself the victim of an elaborate intrigue, in a world that is completely foreign to her. She has been betrayed by her own mother and her husband has been executed, she fears for the life of her son after the courts annul her marriage and declare her son a bastard. It is only then that she finds she is merely a pawn in a much larger plot by the Milan family in their relentless quest for power.

The players in this drama are not only driven by their insatiable thirst for power but they have been cursed for many centuries by their primitive cravings for blood and lust. In their quest to satisfy their ancient cravings, this vampire coven takes naughty to a whole new level. Their bodies crave satisfaction and they will get it in any way they can. This is the story of seduction, power and lust, and the intricate web which entwines these things in a kingdom where there is no ‘happily ever after’.

Back to School!

The kids are back to school, so now it’s time for mom to have her very own little escape.  What better and cheaper way to escape than with a fabulous fall read?  Reading can take you far away to another land, to another life, make you laugh, cry or just escape reality for a little while.  Kingsmuir Press is here to help you find your perfect back to school break from reality.

Check out Lyoness Bradley’s Imperfect World.  This story begins in the late 70’s in an upper middle class high school dealing with court ordered school desegregation.  Leigh Webster struggles through her senior year facing the challenges brought by the influx of desegregation students and extremely overbearing parents, not to mention the fact that her father is their high school principal.

With college looming ahead Leigh is pushed towards the “right guy” while secretly loving a guy who her parents would never, ever approve of.  As life plunges ahead Leigh follows the path of least resistance but when tragedy strikes, she finds herself once again, face to face with the man she once loved.  This is one of those stories that will leave you asking, does God have a master plan for us, or was all this really just a coincidence?

Our second author Jean Marie Stanberry has a whole host of books that we love.  Her newest book Heartless-A Star is Dead is an epic murder mystery that will leave you positively breathless.  The brutal murder of an aging Hollywood movie star has detective Doug Bellamy stumped.  Between the troubling lack of evidence and her severely dysfunctional family.  When he finally finds a break in the evidence he must coordinate a desperate nationwide search for the murderer who has a final victim in their sights.  Can they get to the intended victim before the murderer exacts one final act of revenge?

Also check out Jean’s epic coming of age tale, The Illusion of Order. This book has rapidly become one of the most popular books in the UK and for good reason.  Everyone loves a feel good story and this book is no exception.  It will prove to you, that once you’ve hit rock bottom, the only way to go is up!  Brits still adore following the lives of their noble families and when there is a scandal it makes it all that much better.  This book will give you scandal on a silver platter. Sure those noble families look perfect in their family photo shoots, but what’s really going on behind the scenes?  That’s the “Illusion of Order”.

Finally, coming soon for you lovers of naughty vampires we have R. J. Hanrahan’s One Small Bite.  This ancient vampire dynasty has two families struggling for control of the crown and they will do whatever it takes to return it to their own family.  This sweeping drama transports young Pemberthy Parker from her lower middle class life in the late 70’s to a mediaeval castle far away where she learns she is of noble blood and she soon  finds herself embroiled in an elaborate intrigue to return the throne to a family who lost their rights to the crown years ago.

Pem finds herself to be merely a pawn in a society with ancient rules and customs she really doesn’t understand. She must struggle to fit into this new life within a society of vampires who have powers and desires that she can’t even really understand at first.  If you know anything about vampires you know that not only do they crave blood, but they have other “cravings” that must be satisfied and they will do just about anything to satisfy their lust.  It is these “cravings’ that will eventually lead to the downfall of the royal family.

That’s four great reads you must put on your list.  Take a little “me” time, escape the real world for a while with a fabulous book.  Check out these and all our great titles available on Amazon.com, Barnes and Noble.com and select privately owned bookstores.  These books are also available on all major e-readers and top e-reader lending sites.

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The Excitement is Building!

We were extremely excited to read Jean Marie Stanberry’s newest work “Heartless-A Star is Dead” and you should be too.  Just in case you haven’t read Jean’s other books let me tell you, she is a master of character development and this book has a surprise ending that no one on our staff saw coming. Continue reading The Excitement is Building!

Book Excerpt-“Heartless-A Star is Dead”

Kingsmuir Press is very excited and proud to announce that Jean Marie Stanberry’s newest novel, a murder mystery, will soon be available for purchase as a paperback and on all major e-readers.  Jean’s newest work, “Heartless-A Star is Dead” will be available on February 14, 2015 at Barnes and Noble, Amazon.com and select, privately owned bookstores in the US, Canada and GB, with expanded distribution in bookstores throughout Europe on March 1.  As always, our books are available worldwide through Amazon.com and it’s affiliates.

I am naturally quite excited that Jean has tried her hand in the murder-mystery genre, as it is one of my personal favorites and Jean is quite the seasoned professional with character development and that last minute twist no one expected.  Below I have attached an except from her first chapter, just to get you in the spirit.  Then on Valentines day, you can finally find out who is responsible for Sabine’s fate. Continue reading Book Excerpt-“Heartless-A Star is Dead”

New Murder-Mystery on the horizon

If you’re like me, you love a good murder-mystery, the suspense, the drama and of course that twist at the end, we never saw coming.  Jean Marie Stanberry, who is quickly becoming one of my favorite authors has just submitted her latest work to our editors at Kingsmuir Press and I am certain our readers are going to love it.  This book is full of intrigue and quirky characters and I literally couldn’t put it down till the end.  Jean’s new book is definitely everything I look for in a good murder-mystery.  Here is a short synopsis of the book you absolutely must read, coming on February 14, 2015.

When aging movie star Sabine Rousseau is found murdered in her own home, it’s a very disturbing scene.  The crime itself is not only horrendous, but obviously deeply personal for the person who’s taken Sabine’s life.  Doug Bellamy and his partner Chris Salazar are anxious to solve this heinous crime before the grisly details of Sabine’s murder leak out to the public.  Unfortunately Sabine’s family is not helpful at all and they have found very little physical evidence.  Their frustrations peak when they realize that the crime scene has been tampered with.

As Bellamy’s investigation delves into Sabine’s dysfunctional family and sordid past, it is becoming quite evident that Sabine Rousseau was not the elegant lady she had portrayed to her fans for so many years.  Has Sabine’s hidden past finally come back to haunt her?

Shortly after their investigation begins, Bellamy becomes frustrated.  Not only is their case hitting one roadblock after another, but his marriage seems to be disintegrating as well.  Finally, a break in the case brings new hope, but also a renewed fear that the suspect hasn’t finished their bloody rampage yet.  Soon Bellamy finds himself on a race across the country to apprehend this suspect before another victim can be claimed.

Vaughn Thompson-Kingsmuir Press

You can learn more about Jean Marie Stanberry and her four other books on her website jeanstanberry.com and you can follow her on twitter @jeanstanberry

Jean Marie Stanberry-“Laying Low In Hollywood”, “One World United”, “The Illusion of Order” and “Blood, Sweat and Fears”.

Blood, Sweat and Fears

Coming soon, the book that was originally intended to be the first in the “Heart of a Phoenix” series.  This book was so controversial, it made our lawyers very nervous.  Luckily, they are over it, so once the editors have given their final blessing, it will be available in paperback and on all major e-readers.  This book is the prequel to “The Illusion of Order”, so if you haven’t read it yet, this is your chance to read them in their logical order.

“Blood, Sweat and Fears is a gripping drama about an Olympic gold medalist from the Soviet Union who is desperate to defect to the US and begin a new life.  When he lands a position skating in Europe’s most famous ice show, he thinks he’s just gotten his lucky break.  

Unfortunately, things don’t go as planned, and as his plans crumble, he becomes involved in a desperate battle of wills with a fellow cast member.  Will his manipulation tactics work, or will his desperation lead to his own destruction?

To learn more about this book you can go to our author’s website at jeanstanberry.com and check out her coming soon page.  This is book is a wild ride, can you handle it?