How can it be August already? It seems like we just started this amazing blog tour, and suddenly it’s Week 10! If someone would be kind enough to explain to me what happened to the last ten weeks, I’d love you forever. I mean, it’s still only June, right? Right?
Summer Reads Blog Tour – Week Ten
A.F.E. Smith
My name is A.F.E. Smith and I can usually be found online in the form of a robin. But I’ve been categorically told that I have to include a picture of my real face for this blog tour, so here it is …
In human form, I work as an editor and also as a parent, and squeeze writing in around the edges. (My son is two and I have a daughter on the way, so the edges are pretty squeezed.) Things I like include snacks, books, complex maths problems, snacks, animated films and snacks.
My debut novel, DARKHAVEN, is coming soon as an ebook from Harper Voyager. It’s a fast-paced fantasy whodunnit featuring love, murder and obsession, carriage chases, duels to the death and a very angry Wyvern, set in a unique city in the throes of industrial revolution. Here’s a little bit more about it:
Myrren Nightshade has been overlord of Darkhaven for less than a day, and already he has a brutal murder to deal with. Not just any murder, either. His father is the victim – and his sister Ayla is the only suspect.
Born without the shapeshifting abilities specific to his bloodline, Myrren has always considered himself inadequate. But now it’s up to him to prove his sister innocent before the law finds her guilty. Aided by a reluctant priestess, and hampered by a Captain of the Helm determined to block him at every turn, Myrren must navigate his way through a maze of secrets and lies to the truth at the centre – even if it could destroy him.
Meanwhile, Ayla Nightshade has problems of her own. Fleeing from the threat of incarceration for a crime she didn’t commit, unable to take refuge in her other form, she is alone and friendless. The only person willing to offer her aid is the man she despises above all others: the man she holds responsible for her mother’s death.
If you’d like to know more about me or my work, here are a few links:
And now for the most important part – my book recommendations! As a fantasy reader/writer, I’ve gone for books that have at least an element of fantasy to them. You may not have come across these books before, but they all deserve more readers. I keep my five-star ratings for books I’ve loved enough to read more than once, but I’m pretty sure all five of the following books will join that number someday …
A.F.E.’s bookshelf: summer-reads-blog-2014
Share book reviews and ratings with A.F.E., and even join a book club on Goodreads.
Don’t forget to enter the Rafflecopter above for a chance to win a bunch of awesome prizes, and be sure to get your copy of Darkhaven when it releases!
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Reblogged this on Sophie E Tallis and commented:
Can’t believe I’ve been SOOOO slow with this! Please check out these brilliant Summer Read Recommendations from the wonderful AEF Smith! 😀 xxx
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