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Thursday, June 9, 2016

City of Hope and Ruin by Kit Campbell and Siri Paulson ♥ Book Blast & 2 GIVEAWAYS ♥ (LGBTQ+ Fantasy Romance)


Every night the monsters hunt.

A city that is the whole world: Theosophy and her companions in the City militia do their best to protect the civilians from the monsters, but they keep crawling from the Rift and there’s nowhere to run. Theosophy knows she’ll die fighting. It’s the best kind of death she’s seen, and at least she can save lives in the meantime.

They say the Scarred carve you up while you’re still alive.

A village in the shadow of a forest: Refugees from the border whisper about the oncoming Scarred, but Briony can’t convince her brother to relocate his children to safety. Briony will do anything to protect them. She owes them that much, even if it means turning to forbidden magic.

When Theosophy and Briony accidentally make contact across the boundaries of their worlds, they realize that solutions might finally be within reach. A world beyond the City would give Theosophy’s people an escape, and the City’s warriors could help Briony protect her family from the Scarred. Each woman sees in the other a strength she lacks—and maybe something more.

All they need to do is find a way across the dimensions to each other before their enemies close in.


The spirit was beautiful, a tall, statuesque woman who had a hard glint in her eyes. Her hair was short, indigo blue through the glow and tightly curled, her skin a lighter shade over wiry muscles. One hand clenched a smallish item made of metal, the other a long tube with some kind of blade on the end. Briony had never seen anyone like her. Though she glanced around and held her body like someone expecting danger, her bearing was proud and strong, and every inch of her spoke of power and competency. A warrior. Briony had heard stories of them, left over from the Great War, but had never seen one herself.

Was that when this woman was from? The War?

“The trio—the monsters—where am I?”

Briony realized she hadn’t responded, and that perhaps this spirit had been looking for someone to talk to for a very long time, and maybe she would assume Briony couldn’t see or hear her either. “Don’t be afraid,” she said.

The spirit's eyebrows rose. "That's a...never mind. What is this place?"

“Well,” Briony started, taking a step forward. But her ankle buckled and she stumbled, managing to catch herself before she fell.

“You’re injured,” said the spirit. “Were you attacked?”

“Yes—you see, there was a Fracture back there, and—” Confusion crossed the spirit’s face. Maybe she was even older; maybe she didn’t know about the War.

   
  





Kit Campbell

It is a little known fact that Kit was raised in the wild by a marauding gang of octopuses. It wasn't until she was 25 that she was discovered by a traveling National Geographic scientist and brought back to civilization. This is sometimes apparent in the way that she attempts to escape through tubes when startled.

Her transition to normalcy has been slow, but scientists predict that she will have mastered basics such as fork use sometime in the next year. More complex skills, such as proper grocery store etiquette, may be forever outside her reach.

Kit can be found cavorting about the web at her blog (http://landsquidattack.wordpress.com) or website (http://kitcampbellbooks.com), on Pinterest (https://www.pinterest.com/campbell1091/), and even occasionally on Twitter (http://www.twitter.com/KitCampbell).


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Siri Paulson

Siri Paulson writes all over the fantasy and science fiction spectrum, including (so far) secondary-world fantasy, urban fantasy, steampunk, Gothic, historical paranormal, and YA with spaceships. She is also the chief editor at Turtleduck Press (http://turtleduckpress.com/). Siri grew up in Alberta, Canada, but now lives in an old house in Toronto. By day, she edits non-fiction for the government. Her other current passion is contra dance, a social/folk dance done to live Celtic and roots music. Her favourite places in the world are the Canadian Rocky Mountains and a little valley in Norway.

Siri's short fiction and the anthologies she has edited can be found on Turtleduck Press, at  http://turtleduckpress.com/wordpress/2010/11/30/who-is-siri-paulson/ . She blogs at https://siripaulson.wordpress.com and tweets at http://twitter.com/Siri_Paulson.


   



♥ Print Book Giveaway ♥


City of Hope and Ruin by Kit Campbell and Siri Paulson


♥ Ends June 18, 2016
♥ 3 winners
♥ Open to USA & CA






Win a $50 Amazon or B&N gift card!


@GoddessFish @KitCampbell @Siri_Paulson @TurtleduckPress http://goo.gl/3PCf5V

19 comments :

  1. When and how did you decide to be a writer?

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    1. It was pretty early--I think I wrote my first (terrible) story around the age of 8. My mother was an wuthor as well, so I think that was a pretty big influence for me.

      ~Kit

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    2. I've been telling stories since before I could write them! I think the first one I wrote down was around age 8, like Kit.

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  2. Thank you for hosting! And I wanted to say that your layout is gorgeous.

    ~Kit

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  3. Thank you for the excerpt & generous giveaway.

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  4. City of hope and ruin sounds great ♡ I would love to read this book. Thank you

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  5. Thank you for hosting, and good luck, everyone!

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  6. Great excerpt! Will be awesome! Thank you for the giveaway!

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  7. Wow, this sounds really exciting and I can't wait to read it!

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  8. How did you two collaborate to write this story? Is there a division of work?

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    1. In this case, we each took main control of one of the main characters. So we'd write our chapters and then check in regularly to make sure we were on track with each other. Some sections we wrote together using Google Docs, which allows multiple people to write/edit at the same time.

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  9. This book sounds very interesting. Thanks so much.

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  10. Who is you favorite author who inspired you? Rosanne rosans4@comcast.net

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    1. I have a lot of favorite authors--Patricia Wrede, Jennifer Crusie, Jane Austen, Tolkien--I think there's a lot to be learned from other authors. Some are great at the language itself, making beautiful sentences and imagery. Some are great at writing stories that pull you along for the ride. It's hard for me to point to a single author and say, "Yes, that person. That person has inspired me to be the writer I am."

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  11. Do you have trouble maintaining writing discipline over long periods of time? I write, but I'm up and down in my ability to keep it a priority each day.

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  12. We found that having someone else directly depending on you being on top of things really helped with the momentum of the work! Also, we had a very tight deadline on this novel--from being assigned the novel to publication was just over a year, and almost half of that time was the editorial process, so there wasn't a lot of time to dawdle!

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