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Sophia von X Blitz

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Heist Crime, Religious Thriller, Mystery, Suspense, Adventure

Date Published: March 2020

 

 

“Sophia von X” is a 2020 Readers’ Favorite Silver Medal Winner
in the Fiction – Religious Theme genre!

It was supposed to be a vacation, the trip to a newly discovered tomb of
Jesus…

When Sabina Ferrara was driving to Bingerbruck, Germany, she was hoping to
put a painful marriage behind her. Certain unforeseen events turned against
her, and during a visit to Christ’s tomb, she meets Thomas von Essen
– a dangerous thief who is hiding behind the name of a decent family,
pretending that he is a famous archaeologist. Against her will, Sabina is
dragged into the middle of the stealing of biblical artifacts, killings, and
shootings. She ended up attracting the attention of an unknown enemy from
Jerusalem, a wicked man called Papa Zen. A powerful mogul who knows too much
about Sabina and her mysterious birthmark. She is the one he was looking for
so long…

12 lost pages from the Bible

Car chases, guns, and fights

Yakuza and Ndrangheta families

Palermo, Istanbul, Jerusalem

Deaths, tears, broken hearts

Sophia von X is a story of violence, obsession, secrets and tragedy, lies,
hate, and love.

 

About the Author

Victoria Ray

SE Crème de la Crème author Victoria Ray lives in a small
town 62 miles west of Stockholm. She has garnered much acclaim for her So
Absurd It Must Be True series and her Sophia von X thriller.

Victoria is a finalist for the prestigious Readers Favorite Contest and has
been nominated for a Book Excellence Award for original writing. When she is
not writing, Victoria spends most of her time reading, cooking, traveling
the world, walking with her dogs, and catching her favorite Gota Lejon
shows. An admitted sweets fanatic, she feeds her addiction by visiting the
local bakery April on Sunday afternoons.

Keep in touch with Victoria via Instagram: @victoriaray_nb

Visit Ray’s blog on WordPress – www.raynotbradbury.blog

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Magic in Errors Blitz

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Mystery

Date Published: 10-14-2023

 

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His world. Her world. My world. Your world. It’s all the same, yet entirely
different. It’s nothing but another one of God’s oxymorons laughing at us.
Some people spend their entire life waiting for an epiphany. While some
live.

Sneha Babu’s debut novel Magic in Errors unravels a story showing how
the Universe works in beautiful and heart-breaking ways—beginning with
a neon-colored hair tie. Over the course of a few days, this seemingly
insignificant accessory passes through the hands of six people; strangers,
lovers, friends, and enemies. Every encounter sets off a chain reaction of
events, forever altering their lives in ways they never could have
imagined.

Amidst their unique struggles, a slum boy, musician, policeman, celebrity,
movie agent, and businesswoman grapple with the struggle to truly live
rather than merely survive. Their lives intertwine in intricate ways, as
they confront devastating choices, experience powerful emotions, and endure
lasting tragedies, even long after one of them murders another.

What lessons can the world teach us? Does it always pay to be kind? How
could someone be connected to a person they have never met? How can a hair
tie change the course of someone’s life? Find out in Magic in
Errors.

About the Author

Sneha Babu

Born and raised in India, Sneha Babu is a 25 year old STEM major,
co-founder of a feminist media company by day and author by night. A few
years ago, she plotted the trajectory of this story during a discrete
mathematics class (there was a flow chart involved). Sneha did not know it
then but she had created something that would go on to heal her future self.
From trying to solve the climate crisis to smashing patriarchy, her life is
an endless rollercoaster of daring dreams.

 

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Mystery

Date Published: 9/25/23

Publisher: The Wild Rose Press

 

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After a young girl goes missing, former TV crime reporter Vicky Robeson joins the search with the help of her attractive new love interest. They take his RV to a tiny town in rural Missouri that’s filled with odd characters and darker secrets. But Vicky has secrets of her own. She believes this kidnapped girl may be linked to a case she reported on nine years ago, when a mystery child was found walking on levee, bloody and unable to speak. Back then, Vicky failed to follow up clues only she knew. Now, she has a chance to redeem herself. As she uncovers secrets, it becomes clear someone will kill to keep them hidden.

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EXCERPT

PARALLEL SECRETS

CHAPTER  2 – November 2008

Her eyes burned and the campfire smoke now smelled dangerous. She lifted her camp chair and moved away from the fire, away from the heat and light, closer to the RV to have something solid behind her. She read and reread the short article about the missing girl. Ten years old, disappeared from in front of her house while playing with a friend. No witnesses.

Fear and terrible images of a child taken, tortured, possibly killed—especially in Walkers Corner—swept away all thoughts except for what she needed to do next. She might not be able to undo the past, but this time she would do everything she could to help save the child.

It would definitely blow a hole in the camping trip, though, her first with the delectable Pete Harris in his eight-year-old RV. Damn. She liked the way he traveled, the way he thought, the way he looked, the way she felt with him. His jeans and plaid shirt hugged him nicely, and he moved smoothly while making sure everything was just so. And now, he wanted to get a place together. Too bad things were more complicated than that.

When he came over and kissed her, the fire reflected in his smiling eyes, color melting somewhere between chocolate and caramel.

Her return kiss was quick. “Sorry, something urgent’s come up. Would you mind driving me back to town?” Her voice felt tight and strained. “I need to go to Missouri for a few days.”

“What? Now?” He stepped back, looking concerned. “Is everything okay?”

“Yes, fine. I hate to disrupt our trip, but I need to look into something. A girl’s gone missing there, outside St. Louis.” 

Pete tilted his head. A lock of light brown hair threaded with gray fell onto his forehead.

A bit more explanation might be called for. “There’s an Amber Alert. Her name’s Rose Willwood. I want to help find her. And I might write about it, and something else that happened there.” 

Pete’s brow cleared. “Want me to go with you? I have free time. We can take the RV. If we start early and both drive we can make St. Louis by late tomorrow night.”

“Really?” Just like that, no more questions? What an amazing guy. “That’d be great. It’s about an hour or two this side of St. Louis.” Six months now, and he just gets better and better. Would he be like that if they lived together?

“No problem.” Pete started folding the tarp he used as a tablecloth. “I’d like to see more of Missouri.” He put the tarp and a lantern in one of his crates, already packing for an early departure. “How long do you think we’ll be there?”

About the Author

ML Barrs

ML Barrs ran TV newsrooms for years, guiding and managing the content and
production of more than eight hours of live newscasts a day.

In her debut novel, Parallel Secrets, protagonist Vicky Robeson shares that
kind of experience as well as the author’s passion for justice,
especially when it comes to the safety and well-being of children and other
vulnerable people.

ML Barrs grew up one of thirteen children—the first girl, with three
older brothers—a birth order she believes shaped her essence by the
time she was eight. A girl’s gotta be a bit pugnacious to get along in
that environment. Amid the chaos of fourteen people living in a mobile home
(not a double-wide), she turned fifteen, dropped out of school and ran away
from home.

Being homeless, then working minimum wage jobs quickly grew old. She earned
her GED and went to college, where she met and married the father of their
two grown children. After a successful career as a television news director
and general manager, she decided that what she really wanted to do is write
mysteries. Parallel Secrets will be published September 2023, and its sequel
is in the works.

 

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Magic in Errors Teaser Tuesday

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Mystery

Date Published: 10-14-2023

 

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His world. Her world. My world. Your world. It’s all the same, yet entirely
different. It’s nothing but another one of God’s oxymorons laughing at us.
Some people spend their entire life waiting for an epiphany. While some
live.

Sneha Babu’s debut novel Magic in Errors unravels a story showing how
the Universe works in beautiful and heart-breaking ways—beginning with
a neon-colored hair tie. Over the course of a few days, this seemingly
insignificant accessory passes through the hands of six people; strangers,
lovers, friends, and enemies. Every encounter sets off a chain reaction of
events, forever altering their lives in ways they never could have
imagined.

Amidst their unique struggles, a slum boy, musician, policeman, celebrity,
movie agent, and businesswoman grapple with the struggle to truly live
rather than merely survive. Their lives intertwine in intricate ways, as
they confront devastating choices, experience powerful emotions, and endure
lasting tragedies, even long after one of them murders another.

What lessons can the world teach us? Does it always pay to be kind? How
could someone be connected to a person they have never met? How can a hair
tie change the course of someone’s life? Find out in Magic in
Errors.

 

EXCERPT

Now that Aanjaney is alone once more, he carefully opens the envelope,
seeing it’s a little wet from the rain, and pulls out the letter. He
carefully holds the piece of paper and starts reading.

 

Hi there,

So, yeah. I’m dead. Are you crying?

It’s two in the morning. My room is filled with the smell of
freshly-bloomed jasmines from outside, but they’re not half as pretty
as you, I swear. Many years ago, do you know what I told people when they
asked me how we were so in love all the time? I told them it’s because
we count stars at night together and give shapes to clouds during the day.
Now, I don’t know where you are or how you are doing. But I do know
that you are still somewhere under those few billion stars we counted. After
you were gone, I remember missing you between my laughs and all the
imaginary kisses we shared. You and I, we made a pretty great team—all
the weirdness included.

All the secrets beyond the skies, layers and layers of history safeguarded
by the earth, and the never-ending horizon. Yet, it’s strange how two tiny
specks find each other, unlocking magic as limitless as the cosmos.
It’s fascinating that mere fragments of this marvelous oeuvre have a
unique story written for them in the stars. Sadly, our story reached an
expiry date. But that doesn’t make it any less real. The point is, I
want you to live your life. I am glad I met you, Aanjaney Iyer. Now,
whatever happens next, I know I have lived because I have loved.

Eventually, the dusk of your life will open its sleepy eyes, ready to show
you the incredible morning. When the first rays come knocking on your
windows, don’t be afraid to pull up the blinds. You’ll see.
You’ll see that light won’t hurt. I don’t know when or how
I might die. I just hope it’s not too soon. I used to think of time as
sand slipping away from my feet. When we were together, those sands held my
roots. We grew up laughing, loving, and making mistakes together with a
fortunate stroke of serendipity. Now, I am not so sure… I
just… Did I find a family, Aanjaney? Did I die sad? I am sure Raphael
will take care of everything. He wouldn’t let me die like an old
maiden. Beneath all that anger, he is a sweet, little man. Old, but still
sexy, right?

Don’t miss me too much, okay? Now, stop worrying.

I liked you because I thought you were perfect. I loved you when I realized
you weren’t. There’s magic in errors, darling. Real stuff.

So, be happy. Love hard. Be fierce.

Yours,

Yours

(PS: Get ready for some serious haunting.)

 

Aanjaney folds the letter neatly before putting it in his pocket. He walks
into the rain for one final touch.

About the Author

Sneha Babu

Born and raised in India, Sneha Babu is a 25 year old STEM major,
co-founder of a feminist media company by day and author by night. A few
years ago, she plotted the trajectory of this story during a discrete
mathematics class (there was a flow chart involved). Sneha did not know it
then but she had created something that would go on to heal her future self.
From trying to solve the climate crisis to smashing patriarchy, her life is
an endless rollercoaster of daring dreams.

 

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The Desk from Hoboken Reveal

 

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Mystery

Date to be Published: March 5, 2024

 

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In a bid to heal from the grief of a personal loss, forensic genealogist,
RaeJean Hunter, takes on a straightforward case —identify human
remains found on a nearby college campus, believed to be the 180-year-old
remains of Mary Rogers, a woman who died mysteriously in 1841 and was
believed to have been buried in the nearby cemetery that had washed away. It
should be simple enough, a project to get her back in the game.

Unfortunately, it quickly becomes anything but. In fact, it becomes
downright dangerous.

Someone doesn’t want RaeJean to investigate the puzzling death of the woman
whose death inspired Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Mystery of Marie
Roget.” As she follows clues through four states and discovers living
family members who both help and hinder her search, she quickly realizes
that the secrets of Mary Rogers’ demise were never meant to be
exposed.

What lengths will someone go to keep the truth buried in the past? As
threats escalate and RaeJean and her family’s lives become endangered, she’s
forced to follow every lead and use every skill she has to find the answers
she needs before it’s too late. Using DNA from two famous New England
families, historical data, modern genealogical techniques, and a little
guidance from a seemingly mystical antique desk, RaeJean takes on the cold
case despite being given every reason to abandon it.

After all, what truths have been hidden for 180 years that would be worth
bribery, kidnapping, and even murder?

RaeJean Hunter is about to find out. 

 

About the Author

ML Condike

ML Condike has published short stories in anthologies that include Strange
& Sweet,
(2019), Tall Tales and Timeless Stories, (2022), Malice in
Dallas, Metroplex Mysteries, Volume 1
(2022), and won first place in the
fifteenth annual Writer’s Digest Popular Fiction Awards, Mystery/Crime
category (2019), and 2nd Place in the Tennessee Williams Short Story
Contest, Key West Art & Historical Society (2022).

She’s an associate member of Mystery Writers of America Florida
Chapter, Sisters in Crime National, Sisters in Crime North Dallas
(Treasurer), Granbury Writers’ Bloc, and Key West Writers Guild.

As the result of her study of genealogy for her debut novel The Desk from
Hoboken
, she researched her own family and she discovered she had a direct
bloodline to a Patriot. So, most recently she has been inducted into the
Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR).

 

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