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The Asylum Series, Book 2

 

Dystopian

Date Published: August 8, 2023

Publisher: Babylon Books

 

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The world has disintegrated. Civilization has collapsed. Chaos is the new
normal.

But I, Lacy Monroe, intend to survive.

My lover Jace and I can’t escape my corrupt uncle, Senator Thomas
Moore. He captures and separates us, forcing us to work for him. He sends me
to Mexico City to secure an army to overthrow what remains of the US
government. He sends Jace on a suicide mission to conquer New Mexico, the
only remaining free state in the Southwest.

I was captured. Beaten. Groomed for a sex trafficking ring. But my brother
is looking for me…

Jace plays a dangerous cat-and-mouse game, pretending to help my uncle
while secretly sabotaging him. But if his deception is
discovered…

I want to become the Ascendant, the one who risks it all and defeats my
uncle, then finds some measure of peace in this strange new world. But time
is running out for us and this treacherous world we now inhabit.

Don’t miss this thrilling sequel to Susy Smith’s acclaimed
debut novel, Asylum, the perfect “next-read” for fans of The
Hunger Games and Divergent.

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EXCERPT

The El Paso-Cordova border crossing appeared over the freeway’s horizon, its four-lane check points

deserted. No lights shone from the building; no driver’s instructions flashed over the lanes. The abandoned freeway looked like a stricken Walking Dead set, wiped clean, waiting for the next scene. Nothing could shock Lacy now, not even a horde of zombies.  They’d driven in silence, both exhausted and lost in thought. The landscape had changed little as they drove through the northern part of Texas. Winter had painted the plains a dull, boring brown.  Jace pulled the car to the road’s wide right shoulder. The Cadillac idled, a quiet hum against the silence as they stared at the checkpoint. Beyond lay a straight shot down to Mexico City.

Hot air blew from the vents across her already warm face.  She reached forward, pushed both vents away, then shifted to face him. Her arm’s mangled flesh, wrapped too tight with gauze, burned, and throbbed.

“This is weird, right? Where are the guards? The MP?” His tone darkened. “Probably inside.

 

The short, clipped answer sent tiny needle pricks up her spine.  He cut the engine then turned, his darkened blue eyes locked on hers, searching. “Lace.”

The desperate edge in his voice sliced straight through her.  She reached over and ran a hand down his spine then back up, her touch feather light. Her hand wandered to the back of his neck. She stroked his hair, curling the ends around her fingers. He took her face between his hands, thumbs brushing

her temples. She closed her eyes, turned her face into his calloused palm.

“Are you really sure about me?”  Her eyelids snapped open. “What?”  After everything they’d been through, he still questioned her decision to be with him, her love for him.

“I’d understand if you’re having second thoughts or changed your mind.” His tormented face tempered the heat racing through her veins. “About what?” “Me. Running. Everything.” “Stop. Just stop.”

He dropped his hands. “This won’t be easy and you,” he swallowed hard, “you deserve better.”

“Jace,” she said on a sigh, “there’s no one better than you.”

She leaned forward, brushed her lips against his, then slipped over the console into the back seat. Although the pained look never completely left his eyes, his face broke into a grin.

“What are you doing?” With a smirk, she lifted her T-shirt over her head, let the material slide down her bandaged arm. Cool air hit her bare skin and instant heat flared in his eyes. “Appealing to the wolf in you,” she said, voice soft and low.

 

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The Asylum Series, Book 2

 

Dystopian

Date Published: August 8, 2023

Publisher: Babylon Books

 

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The world has disintegrated. Civilization has collapsed. Chaos is the new
normal.

But I, Lacy Monroe, intend to survive.

My lover Jace and I can’t escape my corrupt uncle, Senator Thomas
Moore. He captures and separates us, forcing us to work for him. He sends me
to Mexico City to secure an army to overthrow what remains of the US
government. He sends Jace on a suicide mission to conquer New Mexico, the
only remaining free state in the Southwest.

I was captured. Beaten. Groomed for a sex trafficking ring. But my brother
is looking for me…

Jace plays a dangerous cat-and-mouse game, pretending to help my uncle
while secretly sabotaging him. But if his deception is
discovered…

I want to become the Ascendant, the one who risks it all and defeats my
uncle, then finds some measure of peace in this strange new world. But time
is running out for us and this treacherous world we now inhabit.

Don’t miss this thrilling sequel to Susy Smith’s acclaimed
debut novel, Asylum, the perfect “next-read” for fans of The
Hunger Games and Divergent.

 

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Adult, Dystopian, Romance, and Urban Fantasy

Date Published: 06-02-2023

Run Time: 10.5 hour

 

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Can love defeat the greatest temptation … lust?

In a post-apocalyptic nation where the land of the free is now run under a
dictatorship, there is one factor that holds the key to keeping world
order—love. The new Regime controls the emotions of the heart.
It’s their most vital law.

At the age of twenty-one, every citizen is forced into an arranged
marriage. The only way to escape the arrangement is to enter the Temptation
Trials—a government-sponsored reality TV show where the loyalties of
the contestants are tested by Tempters and Temptresses who are impossible to
resist.

Catalina enters the Trials as a Temptress in hopes that she can win the
funds to save her brother. Sahara’s been ridiculed in the eyes of the
public. By being a Temptress, she’ll be able to have a fresh start.
The Regime promises that if she fulfills her role on the show they will wipe
her slate clean.

The problem is that the Trials are rigged for failure. In all the prior
seasons, love’s rival, lust, has proven to be more powerful. No
contestant has ever won the Temptation Trials and be allowed to stay with
their chosen partner. Lutheran Eminence, the world’s dictator, has
shown that he’s the ultimate matchmaker.

As the Temptation Ball approaches, conflict is at an all-time high. Most
couples are too hurt by betrayal to reconcile. With the odds stacked against
them, Kincade and Tobias try to mend their relationships, hoping that the
greater good will prevail. Attempting to uncover the true meaning of love
may cost the contestants more than they bargained for—it may cost
their souls.

 

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B. Truly

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 Tundra Stone Series, Book 1

Fantasy, Contemporary Fantasy, Post-Apocalytic Fantasy, Dystopian

Date Published: July 19, 2022

Publisher: Leirsinn Publishing

 

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Eighteen-year-old Alex Chegasa, one of the first generation to be raised on
post-apocalyptic Earth, was taught to embrace her magical gifts.

After the Orange, as the planet burned, magic trickled in. The bombs that
had wiped out most life ripped open the barrier between worlds. Can the next
generation, connected to the magic, be the solution to mankind’s
problems or are they destined to repeat the mistakes of their
ancestors?

Did the Orange, the very thing that ravaged the planet, also provide the
solution? Or is magic more than a coincidence?

While Alex searches for somewhere to belong, in Massachusetts, she
questions if survival is enough when she comes to understand that magic,
used by the wrong people, could be more dangerous than the power of the
generations before her.

Meanwhile, in a parallel story, we meet eight-hundred-year-old Fae, Billey
NicNevin. With a past she doesn’t remember, she struggles to fit into
Nuadh Caled (New Scotland) as it rebuilds itself. When she meets a woman
whose soul calls to her, will she find her missing piece or tumble into
insanity?

Are their destinies connected?

WHAT IF THE FANTASTICAL STORIES FROM ALEX’S CHILDHOOD WERE
TRUE?

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The Light of the Crann

The Tundra Stone Series Book 2

Coming October 18, 2022

Alex Chegasa’s new life as a princess is soon derailed and she is
forced to hide on the Bassett moon. Here, her romance with Iggy blossoms but
doubts haunt her, as she realizes the magical universe of Spirismus may not
be as perfect as it appears.

Meanwhile, as Alex as she learns about her new home in the collection of
planets and moons that form the magical universe of Spirismus, Billey
NicNevin has reunited with her love, Geilis. Having regained her memory, she
sets out to guide Alex on their joint destiny. But, knowing the price she
must pay for her connection to the Crann, she must decide if love is worth
more than destiny.

Hiding in the shadows, one person is determined to stop Alex’s
destiny. Do Alex’s secrets threaten everybody around her?

Can they stop somebody who can’t be found?

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Beverley J. Hall

Beverley J. Hall was born in Kent, England, although her family returned to
Scotland before her second birthday, which explains her accent. She grew up
in North Lanarkshire, surrounded by rolling Scottish hills with her nose in
a book.

She returned to South East England to study Art and Design at both
Winchester School of Art and Central St Martins, in London. It was here she
discovered her love of story-telling, as she realized that, no matter the
medium, it was something her ADHD brain could thrive in.

After teaching for many years, she was diagnosed with a chronic illness and
found her voice. She finally took the massive leap and returned to study an
M.A. in Creative Writing to develop her skill and embraced her love of
books, both reading and writing.

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Heart of Swine Blitz

 

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Dystopian, Humor

 

Publisher: Obex Publishing

A Ridiculously Realistic, Deadly Serious Comedy – With a Superhero Pig

Think you’re living in an environmental dystopia?

Wait until we start thawing a frozen planet with pig farts.

That’s where the story begins and it doesn’t get any less wild. At once ridiculous and chilling, rising surrealist talent Freddy F. Fonseca explores the dark, porky underbelly beneath humanity’s seemingly ever-more-virtuous race toward sustainability – and the genius puppet-masters who watch our feeble bamboo-straw-buying attempts and smile, while flattening another rainforest.

Oh yeah, and there’s our hero. The last remaining pig on Earth just happened to be blessed with superpowers. Which he would use to avenge the extermination of his species, were he not to get tangled up in an all-too-human web of greed, lust, and indifference.

The anarchic and ambitious Heart of Swine has breath-taking scope and a wry, not totally resigned smile. It incautiously pulls away the covers to reveal how half-assed humanity’s efforts to clean up after itself have been. It’s funny and coarse, sure, but the writer is deadly serious. The epic failures we continue to see around the world on a personal and political level are taken to frightening lengths. And reading Heart of Swine is like a Rorschach test for one’s outlook on the future – although it’s hard to think, especially after finishing this book, that everything’s going to be just fine.

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Freddy F. Fonseca

Freddy F. Fonseca graduated with a First Class Honours in Creative Writing and English Literature from LMU and has a MSc in Environment, Politics and Society from UCL.

The writer strives to create stories that reflect the complexity of human nature and question the unhealthy entanglement with materiality.

What pushed Freddy to write Heart of Swine is the fact that too many don’t understand their accent.

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