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The Flames Of Soulflare By La Kayshal ~ Peek Inside And Giveaway

Posted: May 27, 2026 in Excerpt, giveaways, Paranormal or fantasy, Romance
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Welcome to my stop on the virtual book tour for The Flames Of Soulflare organized by Goddess Fish Promotions.

Author La Kayshal will be awarding $10 PayPal gift to a randomly drawn winner. Don’t forget to enter!

And you can click on the tour banner to see the other stops on the tour.

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The Flames Of Soulflare

By La Kayshal

Genre: Dark Paranormal Romantasy

 

 

Synopsis

Dragons fear prophecy, and love may be the final weapon in this dark, multi-POV Romantasy perfect for fans of Fourth Wing and From Blood and Ash.

Feared as the harbinger of doom, Everin Haydon is stolen, broken, and reforged by magic into a living weapon bound to a Dragon Council that calls its tyranny justice.

Across the realms, Lord Tynan, the Demon of Darkness and Chaos, returns. His awakening marks the coming of the three days of darkness, and he tears through realms to reclaim what fate binds to him, the Hell’s Fire Dragon.

But one question remains. If the demon rises, where is the immortal meant to stop him?

As the dragon world waits for divine intervention, Everin must decide whether she remains a weapon or becomes the fate of the realms.

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Enjoy this peek inside:

His control was precise and deliberate.

“Tariel—” She sucked in a breath, fear slipping into her voice. “What are you doing?”

His lips hovered above hers, so close she could taste the hint of warmth in each breath he released.

“You belong to me,” he whispered, his voice shifting, deepening, curling around her like smoke. His eyes burned brighter, molten gold spilling across the darkness of his gaze. “You always have.”

Everin’s heart thrashed in her chest. Something ancient stared back at her through his eyes—something demanding, something claiming.

She tried to pull away. “You’re frightening me.”

He leaned closer, lips brushing the edge of her jaw. “You love me,” he whispered. “You always have. And you will give yourself to me again.”

His mouth dragged slowly toward hers, teasing, commanding, his breath warm against her parted lips.

“I want you,” he said, low and certain. “I want all of you.”

“No.” Everin gasped, turning her head away as panic surged. “Stop. You’re not—”

His fingers tightened at her neck.

He didn’t stop. The Tariel she loved would have.

“I am yours,” he murmured.

She squeezed her eyes shut. Then her voice broke in a whisper—

“You’re not the Tariel I knew.”

The room fell silent. And everything inside her knew she was right.

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About Author La Kayshal:

La Kayshal is an Australian writer of romance, YA, and children’s fantasy novels. She lives with her husband, daughter, and a playful Malshi puppy in the coastal plains of the Sunny State.

Her debut novel, The Lost Crown, is an adventure romance set in the exotic landscapes of India. She also created the much-loved Sylph Series, a whimsical children’s collection that introduces readers to the amazing world of Sylphs, with each book carrying a gentle moral lesson.
A lifelong fan of wizards, magic, dragons, swords, and elementals, she poured all these passions into her YA fantasy Ariston Baker in the Weird Picture Book, a fast-paced journey filled with realms, riddles, action, and adventure.

Her latest project is the Hell’s Fire Dragon duology, a romantasy series filled with dragons, magic, and high-stakes conflict. Book 1, The Flames of Darkness, begins the story, followed by Book 2, The Flames of Soulflare.

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K-Pop The 4 Lights And The Sharded Lullaby By Lotte Bluejay ~ Peek Inside And Giveaway

Posted: May 27, 2026 in Excerpt, Fantasy, giveaways
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Welcome to my stop on the virtual book tour for K-Pop The 4 Lights organized by Goddess Fish Promotions.

Author Lotte Bluejay will be awarding a $15 Amazon or B&N Gift Card to a randomly drawn winner. Don’t forget to enter!

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. K-Pop The 4 Lights And The Sharded Lullaby

By Lotte Bluejay

 

 

Genre: Middle Grade Fantasy

Synopsis

An epic K-Pop fantasy adventure series for readers ages 8-12.

Music becomes magic. Friendship becomes power. And every concert could save the world.

When four freshly debuted K-pop idols discover that their songs awaken ancient magic, their rise to fame turns into something far greater than a world tour.

At their first sold-out concert, Hana, Daon, Mira, and Noah expect a night of lights and applause. Instead, they uncover a broken lullaby and fragments of an ancient prophecy. Soon strange things begin to follow them from city to city – whispers in the lights, shadows beneath the rhythm, and a dark force determined to silence their music forever.

Because somewhere in the shadows, a forgotten enemy has been waiting for the music to begin.

To protect their dreams, their fans, and each other, the four must learn to unlock the hidden power within their songs. Because harmony is strongest when no one stands alone. And some melodies were never meant to fade.

Perfect for readers who love:

• magical adventures and epic quests
• powerful friendships and teamwork
• modern fantasy with a pop-culture twist
• stories where music becomes magic

Begin the adventure with Book 1 of The Four Lights. The stage is set. The prophecy has begun. And the world is about to hear their song.

The Four Lights Series

A magical middle-grade adventure about friendship, courage, and the power of music.

Book 1 – The Sharded Lullaby
Book 2 – The Shadow Band
Book 3 – The Crimson Solace
Book 4 – The Syncopated Harmony
Book 5 – The Hollow Beat
Book 6 – The Blinding Crescendo
Book 7 – the epic finale

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Daon’s fingers twitched. Tap-tap … tap.

The pulse matched him.

Hana’s breath caught. “Daon,” she said, low.

“I know, I know,” he whispered, but he couldn’t help it. The beat slipped out of him like a hiccup. He added a heel-thump, tiny, a heartbeat on the floor.

The bobbing steadied. The little bumps turned into a slow roll, the kind you could ride if you knew when to lean.

Daon leaned with it, eyes wide. “Are you seeing this?”

“I’m seeing you stop,” Noah said.

Mira pressed a new chord, soft and bright. The roll faded. The seatbelt sign blinked off.

Silence fell between them, the kind that wasn’t empty at all.

Hana looked from Daon’s hands to Mira’s keyboard to Noah’s steady grip on the bass case. No one said the word magic. No one said powers. The cabin was full of people, full of cameras, full of ordinary. The last thing they needed was attention.

Daon tucked his hands under his thighs like a kid in time-out. “Okay,” he whispered. “Okay. But did you feel how the bumps synced to me? Like the plane caught the beat?”

“It synced to the pilot,” Noah said. “Like it’s supposed to.”

Mira’s mouth curved. “Maybe both.”

The cart came back with snacks. Crackers. Cups. The clink of ice. The very normal world.
They ate. They watched a cartoon on the seatback screens without hearing it. They tried to sleep.

Hana couldn’t. She stared at the little screen map and watched their plane crawl toward Japan. A bright line traced their path, pixel by pixel. She thought of the glow that had raced up the mic stands, and of how her body had hummed like a string in tune.

She reached into her backpack and slid out a notebook. On the first blank page she wrote:
Seoul: power went out – we sang – stands glowed – crowd calmed. Backstage: stands still warm – felt watched – not sure. Plane: Daon’s beat = air bumps? Mira’s chord = calm?
She added a question mark and circled it twice.

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About Author Lotte Bluejay:

Lotte Bluejay creates magical middle-grade adventures where music becomes power and friendship saves the day. Her Four Lights series blends the sparkle of K-Pop with the wonder of fantasy, giving young readers stories filled with rhythm, courage, and hope. Every book is written to light up imaginations, celebrate teamwork, and remind kids that even in the darkest moments, their own voices can shine the brightest.

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Website with all books of the series

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Waves Of Light And Darkness By John K. Danenbarger ~ Peek Inside And Giveaway

Posted: May 27, 2026 in Excerpt, giveaways, Short stories and collections
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Waves of Light and Darkness challenges and
delights a reader’s perception with surreal and surprising world-building.

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Waves of Light and Darkness

by John K Danenbarger

Genre: Speculative Short Stories

Waves of Light and Darkness challenges and
delights a reader’s perception with surreal and surprising world-building.

Whether they are set in the past or the future, in a Kansas
farmhouse or a potentially supernatural cave, these short stories share one
commonality: a search for something beyond what one knows is needed. Through a
multitude of unexpected perspectives (a cat, a coma patient, a ventriloquist),
this utterly novel collection of stories examines and reconfigures universal
themes of life, death, and human connection.

Several stories focus on finding identity amidst societal
pressure, such as “Seduction,” and “Alexandria Her Smile,” while others
like “A Pusillanimous Human” and “The Gift for Albert
Smoots” explore mortality and grief.

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An excerpt of “Death of Angst” from WAVES OF LIGHT AND
DARKNESS: STORIES

“When my eyes have the ember slits of a viper, some humans
think I must be plotting death and murder. Although it happens, out of
necessity, most of the time I am merely researching, scrutinizing, and
processing feline perfection, because I was found as an orphan under a box. I
know now that I must have been in severe pain from having survived an attack by
a thug, a ruffian tomcat that wanted to breed with my mother. I remember the
sharp claws digging into my fur, the putrid breath hot on my neck. So, no wonder
I am skittish; it just does not leave you. The trauma, I mean. My brothers and
sisters, dead and gone. More to the point, leaving me with no one to learn
from . . . to emulate.

I was certainly lucky to be found by Adele Petrini outside
the building where I now live on the third floor. I think Adele was around five
years old back then. Human years, I’m talking about. Just a tiny, muddy thing,
with messy braids and curious eyes. She wanted to name me Anxiety, but it got
shortened to Angst. I don’t mind; I am certainly happy with the name. I find it
important that it’s easy for humans to call my name when it’s time to eat.”

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John Danenbarger spends much of his time writing in Italy.
Born in Atlanta, he graduated from University of Kansas with a degree in
English and Creative Writing. With a backlist of short stories, Danenbarger
established the Salem Massachusetts Writers’ Club. After living in Oslo,
Norway, Stockholm, Sweden, and Salem, MA, Danenbarger achieved a merchant
marine captain’s license, sailing for two years on the New England coast
including two round-trips to Bermuda.

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