The Elusive Elixir: tour options updated

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Gigi Pandian

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The Elusive Elixir

(mystery / paranormal mystery)

 Release date: January 8, 2017
at Midnight Ink

ISBN: 978-0738742366
336 pages

SYNOPSIS

Dorian Robert-Houdin, the three-and-a-half-foot gargoyle chef who fancies himself a modern-day Poirot, is slowly turning into stone, and it’s up to Zoe Faust to unravel the alchemical secrets that can save him. When they discover that a long-lost stone gargoyle with a connection to Dorian has reappeared in Europe, the stakes are even higher.

From Portland to Paris, Zoe searches for the hidden knowledge she needs, but a cold case that harkens back to 1942 throws her off course. With an ailing friend desperately trying to discover his own elixir of life and a new romantic interest offering the first chance at love she’s had in nearly a century, Zoe is torn between a dangerous form of alchemy and her desire for a safer life.

PRAISE FOR
‘THE ACCIDENTAL ALCHEMIST MYSTERIES’

“Hits high marks for a modern twist on an ancient practice. Amusing supporting characters and historical details solidify this engaging mystery.” — Library Journal

 

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Gigi PandianUSA Today bestselling author
Gigi Pandian
spent her childhood
being dragged around the world
by her cultural anthropologist parents,
and now lives outside San Francisco
with her husband
and a gargoyle who watches over the garden.
Gigi writes the Jaya Jones Treasure Hunt mysteries,
Accidental Alchemist mysteries,
and locked-room mystery short stories.
Gigi’s fiction has been awarded the Malice Domestic Grant
and Lefty Awards,
and been nominated for Macavity and Agatha Awards.

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 December 16, 2016  WordsAndPeace   Leave a comment
Categories: Cozy mystery, Mystery, Paranormal, Paris Tags: , , , ,

Purged by Fire: tour quotations

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Diane Bonavist

on Tour

December 1-14

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Purged by Fire:
Heresy of the Cathars

(historical fiction)

 Release date: July 29, 2016
at Bagwyn Books

ISBN: 978-0-86698-810-0
274 pages

SYNOPSIS

In the thirteenth-century, a unique civilization flourished in the region that is now Southwestern France. The tolerant rulers of this realm embraced the Cathar faith which kept the simple teachings of the early followers of Christ, and rejected the venality of the Catholic Church.

To destroy the heretical faith, the pope declared a holy war. With the infamous words “Kill them all, God will recognize his own,” the crusade against Christendom began. For two decades, these wars decimated the old regions of the Languedoc and the troubadour culture. But when they still failed to destroy the heretical faith, the papacy gave special powers of inquisition to Dominican monks. Their mission was to root out heretics, compel confessions, and burn the unrepentant at the stake.
Purged by Fire tells the intertwining stories of three people enmeshed in the treachery of the Inquisition. Isarn Benet believes he has survived the wars by accepting the pope’s will and the French rule, until Marsal, the child he once rescued, arrives on his doorstep, forcing him to question every conciliation he has ever made. Marsal has lost everything to the Inquisition. Raised to always turn the other cheek, now she wants back what the Catholic Church has stolen, and she will aid anyone who helps her do so, even outlaws and rebels. Isarn’s son Chrétien can barely remember his life as a soldier and troubadour, the time before he knew and loved Marsal. Condemned and hunted by the Catholic Church, the two escape to the mountain fortress of Montségur.
Here, as the forces of the Inquisition lay siege to their place of refuge, they must make one final choice—between life and love or death and faith!
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

purged-by-fire-diane-bonavistDiane Bonavist’s fiction
has appeared in Tiferet Journal,
The Milo Review, Fable Online,
and The RavensPerch.
She is a former Editor in chief of Tiferet Journal.

Her other novels are  Daughters of Nyx,
a mystery of ancient Greece and Waters and the Wild,
a multi-generational story set in the Hudson River Valley,
both to be published in 2017. 

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TOUR QUOTATIONS

I found the descriptions of the day to day religious life of the Cathars to be just as interesting as the historical period.
I felt that the author did a nice job of exploring the various players in the events and helped to bring this sad period to life through her characters.
For those who enjoy learning about history through fiction, I feel it is a good book for learning about the crusade against the Cathars.

The French Village Diaries

From the beginning I enjoyed the writing style and the alternating chapters.
This book gave me a good insight to the religious discrimination and persecution of these times and why the Christian beliefs of the Cathars were at odds with the French crown and Roman Catholic Pope. Not an easy subject, but Diane has made it very readable. I’m sure this book will appeal to anyone who enjoys reading historical fiction.

Musings of a Writer & Unabashed Francophile

I was immediately pulled into the story in the first pages.
I felt immersed in the world Ms Bonavist created. I’m hoping that she will write more historical fiction, whether about Cathars or others.

Denise

I knew little about the history of the Cathars. The author gives an excellent description of what the Cathars believed in, compared to the Catholic French.

Kristen

 I would recommend this book to anyone interested in French history from the 13th Century. I myself enjoy reading historical novels and did enjoy this story, but most likely would have enjoyed it more if I had more knowledge about the Cathars before reading.

Good, enjoyable: for the ending and the plot twist.

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 December 15, 2016  WordsAndPeace   2 Comments
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Gypsies, Tramps and Weeia: tour giveaway winner

We have a winner!

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Audrey

won

 

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Gypsies, Tramps and Weeia

(SciFi/Fantasy – urban fantasy)

 Release date: February 1, 2016
at Poyeen Publishing

ISBN: 978-1932534115
262 pages

SYNOPSIS

Sworn to protect the secrets of their race, marshals are trained to police Weeia hiding among humans. After completing her advanced marshal training, Danni is blown away by her new plum assignment to Paris. But, all is not well in the City of Lights; the offices are a shambles, her boss is apathetic, and her predecessors died under mysterious circumstances; it’s almost like somebody doesn’t want the law there. Despite that she risks her life in the seedy underworld of gypsies and tramps to search for a missing Weeia man.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

gypsies-tramps-and-weeia-elle-bocaElle Boca
is the author of two urban fantasy series
about superhumans called Weeia,
the Unelmoija Series in Miami
and the Marshals Series in Paris.
Growing up the only child of a monkey mother
and a rabbit father
she learned to keep herself entertained
and spend time reading.
Elle makes her home with her king cat husband in South Florida.

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 December 14, 2016  WordsAndPeace   1 Comment
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