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Calling all romance fans! Join me 7-10 pm this Friday night, November 29th, when I take over the Romance Chicks Facebook page to talk about writing, the jinn, and my favorite bad girl, Zahara!

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Red compound makes them angry. Yellow exhausts them. Blue drives them into a state of ravenous addiction. The thief Kai knows about the soldiers of the Eastern forces and their savage, deadly nature. When she is captured during a botched robbery attempt at Club Seven and started on a drug and training regimen to become a soldier herself, she gets a closer view of her enemy than she’d ever anticipated. Inside the fort, she begins to pity the Seven Soldiers, including the monstrous boy who tried to rip her to shreds at the club. They appear to be nothing more than genetically enhanced, drug-controlled teenagers. As Kai is drawn deep into her new world, strong feelings for the soldiers she’s come to know have started to cloud her judgment. Can she escape without becoming a monster herself? www.tracyauerbach.com Growing up on the streets of Boston, Maeve O’Neill knows how to take care of her own damn self. Paying the rent isn’t glamorous, but her life is on a better track—until she starts having agonizing visions of torture. Desperate to rid herself of the paralyzing episodes, she follows her visions to the scene of a murder. Instead of answers, she gets an unexpected gift from the victim: Magic. With the unwanted power, Maeve becomes the access point to all of Earth’s untapped magic. Now, powerful enemies are after her and staying alive means striking a bargain with an untrustworthy ally who has a long-shot plan to get rid of the magic. Maeve has to keep her powers in check until she can get rid of them, but her control is slipping and everything could go wrong. If the plan fails, her unlikely ally betrays her, or her enemies catch her, she’ll be handing over all of Earth’s magic…and her life. www.bpdonigan.com

Zahara, party girl of the paranormal, floats up out of a lamp in Daniel Goldstein‘s apartment ready to trick a sorcerer into giving up his soul. But Daniel, whose Moroccan grandmother has reached out from beyond the grave to command him to raise a jinn, wants to do good—by stopping a vengeful fallen angel. The nymphomaniacal, shopping-obsessed Zahara isn’t the otherworldly ally Daniel had in mind. A do-gooder with a dangerous quest isn’t what Zahara’s looking for, either. Stuck in a magical contract with each other, the two travel to Morocco, where Zahara’s handsome friend Zaid, a jinn who’s converted to Islam, reluctantly joins their quest. As Daniel and Zaid struggle against jinn-hunting mercenaries and their attraction to one other, Zahara is forced to join forces with the fallen angel’s gorgeous but infuriating brother to stop a cataclysmic war between the human and jinn worlds. www.maguglielmo.com A soldier returns home with a dangerous secret from an alternate realm, unaware that she is surrounded by spies and collaborators, in this intense military science fiction novel. Naval officer Mila Blackwood is determined to keep her country’s most powerful secret – shrouding, the ability to traverse their planet in seconds through an alternate realm – out of enemy hands. But spies are everywhere: her submarine has been infiltrated by a Dhavnak agent, and her teenage brother has been seduced by an enemy soldier. When Blackwood’s submarine is attacked by a monster, she and fellow sailor, Holland, are marked with special abilities, whose manifestations could end the war – but in whose favor? Forced to submit to military scientists in her paranoid and war-torn home, Blackwood soon learns that the only people she can trust might also be the enemy. www.reesehogan.com

Perfect for fans of swoonish, star-crossed romance, Emmie and the Tudor King is the first book in a new saga about a high-school girl with college dreams and a doomed Tudor king who fall inconveniently in love. Nick Tudor isn’t just from a different city; he’s from a different century. He’s also a reigning Tudor king, practically engaged, and destined to become ‘Nicholas the Ironheart’ – one of history’s most infamous tyrants. All excellent reasons why eighteen-year-old Emmie Grace from modern-day Massachusetts shouldn’t fall crazy in love with him or try to save him from his dreadful fate. But when Emmie unearths an ancient ring that magically transports her back to Tudor England and the real court of Nicholas the Ironheart, she finds herself falling for its doomed and insanely-wrong-for-her king, while fighting to stay alive when beheadings were way more popular than time travelers. www.nataliemurrayauthor.com Rent in New Metta is through the cavern ceiling. When Granu barely survives her first gig teaching students who attempt to fillet her for lunch, the baby-eating troll ends up unemployed and facing eviction. Granu’s only prospect for income is grueling work in the tar pits. That is, until her playboy best friend devises a perfect, if suicidal, scheme—a heist! The Covered Bridge, the largest source of income for the city, has New Metta well under hoof. In a week, TCB Corporation pulls in enough cash to buy a small country. It’s the ideal target, but security is top-notch. Granu needs three things to survive this heist: a crew of specialists, impenetrable sun protection, and gallons of grog. There’s just one thing Granu doesn’t plan for—those damn meddling billy goats. www.sarahjsover.com

Hell has come to collect… …but Gisele Walker has no plans to pay the debt. As a half-demon paranormal bounty hunter, Gisele is used to flirting with death, but stealing a curio and opening a portal to Hell’s demon court is more than your average day job. Now, she’s partnered with an infuriatingly handsome demon, Shade, who has more levels of grey than she can count. Who can she trust to help save the city as Baltimore burns to the ground and ghouls roam the streets? With a white-hot attraction burning between them and secrets blocking their path, Gisele must face her past and venture into the twisted heart of the demon royal court. But with no memory of her past… …will she be able to save their future? www.fictivate.com/books Carter’s a homicide cop in Titanshade, an oil boomtown where 8-tracks are state of the art, disco rules the radio, and all the best sorcerers wear designer labels. It’s also a metropolis teetering on the edge of disaster. As its oil reserves run dry, the city’s future hangs on a possible investment from the reclusive amphibians known as Squibs. But now negotiations have been derailed by the horrific murder of a Squib diplomat. The pressure’s never been higher to make a quick arrest, even as Carter’s investigation leads him into conflict with the city’s elite. Undermined by corrupt coworkers and falsified evidence, and with a suspect list that includes power-hungry politicians, oil magnates, and mad scientists, Carter must find the killer before the investigation turns into a witch-hunt and those closest to him pay the ultimate price on the filthy streets of Titanshade. www.danstout.com

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Our amazing host Ben let us enjoy the ambience and fantastic food and wine of the PWB, and I’d like to extend my thanks to him and his incredible staff. Here he is posing with the cake!

So many friends and family came to the event, and it was truly a special evening. It flew by so fast, I missed many photo opportunities, but here I am with my wonderful mom, Peggy:

Summoned is dedicated to my two daughters, Chiara and Sabrina. Here I am posing with Sabrina while her older sister was busy selling books:

Several friends from work and neighbors stopped by. Here is a nice photo of me with my hardworking colleague Toki Oyelese:

And here’s another with Derryl, an author himself and one of my Pokemon Go buddies!

At the end of the night, the two Moroccan-themed baskets were raffled off, and the winner of the Kindle Fire announced.

It was a dream come true, and thanks to everyone who helped me celebrate the debut of Summoned!

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The first gift basket is all about tea. It features a traditional Moroccan tea pot and platter, with four gilded glasses. The perfect set to make the Moroccan mint tea that the devilishly handsome Zaid serves to Daniel after he scares the daylights out of him! It also includes a beautiful journal and gourmet cookies from Meska Sweets in NYC.

The second basket is all about amazing Moroccan food and wine. It includes three bottles of almost-impossible-to find imported wine from Morocco, a stunning cookbook, a set of spice jars and an adorable mini-tagine spice holder. Make sure you have the wine and plenty of sweets on hand if Zahara pops up in your home, or she just might jinx you!

The last raffle is the easiest. It’s totally free! Just sign up to get book updates with your email and toss the card into the peacock bowl. One lucky winner will get a Kindle Fire!

Check out my Events page for more information about the party, other local events, and free, signed copies of SUMMONED for anyone sending me proof of donation to Dorcas International.

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Today’s the big day! SUMMONED is out and on sale everywhere. It’s been an exciting and fun journey, and I have so many people to thank, from my wonderful family to a host of writer friends I’ve met along the way, both in the real world and on-line. I’m also grateful to the wonderful team at Tule Publishing, who took my book baby and brought it into the world.

Check out the Events Page for local appearances, including the launch party! If you’d like to celebrate the book from afar, scroll down to the Virtual Launch Party  for information on getting a FREE signed copy of SUMMONED by donating to Dorcas International.

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A signed SUMMONED bookmark

An awesome SUMMONED cover sticker

A SUMMONED cover card

AND a tasseled hamsa charm to ward off any hauntings while you’re reading the novel.

Check out all the fun stuff below:

Even better, everyone who pre-orders will be entered into a giveaway for a brand-spanking new Kindle Fire! The winner will be announced after SUMMONED’s official  launch on September 24th.

Rules:

1. Pre-order SUMMONED before September 24th-OR-request SUMMONED at your local library.
2. Fill out the form below and upload Proof of Purchase (POP) or Proof of Request-OR-email your POP to mariaaguglielmo.com, along with your snail address.

Get Free Stuff

Remember, while Zahara never tries to be good, this offer is–at least until the swag runs out! So get your pre-orders in early.

All the fine print:

» Any  edition of SUMMONED  purchased by 11:59PM EST on September 23rd, 2019 qualifies for the preorder campaign
» For a valid entry, the official “SUMMONED Preorder Campaign” form must be successfully completed AND proof-of-purchase (or proof of request) must be emailed to the admin (M.A. Guglielmo) at aphemia66@gmail.com by 11:59PM EST on September 23rd, 2019.
» Preorder campaign is open to residents of the United States to readers 18+
» By entering, you are confirming that you are 18 or older, and giving the admin (M.A. Guglielmo) permission to contact you via email (if necessary) and mail you your prize(s)
» Following a valid entry, AND, while supplies last, the reader will be mailed a swag pack consisting of one (1) signed SUMMONED bookmark, one (1) SUMMONED sticker, one (1) card featuring the cover of SUMMONED, and one (1) tasseled hamsa (color selection made at random)
» After September 24th, one grand prize winner will be randomly selected to receive a Kindle Fire

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The idea behind SUMMONED, and my main character Zahara, started with my fascination with the villain-as-hero trope. Let’s face it, villains steal the show many times because they do and say the outrageous things we all want to say and do—but can’t.

So who is Zahara? She’s a demonic jinn with the best of evil pedigrees, but she’s better at tasting desserts than dishing out revenge, and most days she’d rather go shopping than go haunting. Rather than skulking around in graveyards looking for unwary human prey, she prefers the nightlife and fashion of the human world–from Dubai to Beirut, and Paris to New York.

But Zahara has family issues—hey, who doesn’t?—and she decides to impress her mother by tricking a modern-day sorcerer into giving up his soul in return for:

one.

little.

wish.

Summoned comes out on September 24th everywhere! Click on these links to pre-order a copy. After that, sign up to receive free book swag here.

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The cover reveal for Summoned is only a few weeks away! I’ll be showing off the gorgeous artwork from the team at Tule on Saturday, June 29th. Stay tuned for more information on how to pre-order Summoned, as well as a sneak peek at some awesome book swag I’m giving away while supplies last. There just might be a grand prize raffled off before the launch as well! Last, but not least, follow the incredible KJ Harrowick and Kayleigh , who will be helping me show off my brand new book baby.

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