BTF044: Monica Bullock Discusses the The Desert Queen Collection

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In today’s episode of Behind The Fiction: The Book Lover’s Podcast, we chat with Monica (M.L) Bolluck about the Desert Queen Collection.
In this episode, Steve and M.L. chat about why she choose to set this story in Egypt and build her story around Nefertiti, the ways her dad fanned the flame of her love for all things Egyptian, and she offers a brief overview of the story. You are not going to want to miss this interview or this story!
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Wild Wednesday – December 18, 2019
It’s Wild Wednesday on December 18, 2019!
Each week we bring you a list of books from not only LMBPN authors, but also friends of ours, that are on sale! Here’s a fantastic opportunity to discover some new authors or some exciting books you may not have seen yet.
Most of these books are FREE in Kindle Unlimited and are also on sale today.
Please remember to double check the price before you one-click.
Alliance
Star Forged – 99cents
Star Legacy – 99cents
Parallel Portals – Science Fiction Promotion
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BTF042: “Alexa, What Is Coming From LMBPN This Week?”

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In today’s episode of Behind The Fiction: The Book Lover’s Podcast, we give you all the details on what is coming your way this week from LMBPN!
The holidays are quickly approaching. You might think we’d be slowing down with our production schedule, but that’s definitely not the case. If anything we have as many, if not more books, releasing this week and four books the following week.
This week I have 7 amazing books and one box set launching this week. None of them are live today, which gives you a little bit of time to get caught up on what you’re currently reading to be able to start these great books later this week.
There are also three books available for pre-order which are releasing after Christmas. One of those comes with another contest.
The exciting conclusion to The Lazarus Codex releases this week with Until Death. The Holidays have been anything but relaxing for Lazarus Kerrigan. Between planning a wedding and selling his house, he’s barely had a moment to think about the supernatural. But that doesn’t mean they haven’t been thinking about him. Mask is making his move and Lazarus and company are going to take the fight to him. Don’t miss this thrilling final installment!
If you enjoyed the first six mystery novellas, then you’re in luck! Roseland: Volume Two, containing the next six novellas featuring our favorite snarky PI, Ginger Mitchell, returns this week. If you like series with realistic and relatable characters, you won’t want to miss this omnibus!
The long-awaited book 9 of Rise of Magic, Solyrian Conspiracy, releases later this week. Hannah is back. I repeat. Hannah is back after an almost two-year hiatus. Irth is no longer under threat, but that doesn’t stop people from acting like idiots. Hannah and her team of warriors must solve the murder of a king before his kingdom tears itself apart. An action-packed adventure full of twists and turns, Rise of Magic Book 09 will leave you on the edge of your seat.
Sophia Beaufont isn’t like any dragonrider that came before her. She’s using new world thinking for old world problems in Arbitrate or Die. Join Sophia as her adventures continue in this exciting urban fantasy series.
Lily and Romeo are close – a lot closer than before – to finding her mother in A Witch and a Hard Place. But when they get to the Black Heron Society’s hidden fortress, nothing is as it seems. Lily and Romeo will have to outwit the society and their leader to rescue her mother and themselves before magic is turned upside.
What do you get when you cross Area 51, Space Invaders, and a rip in the Veil? One BIG mystery that Penny and Boots will have to solve, or die trying, in Pixels and Poltergeists. Things just got more interesting. Not only have werewolves, ghosts, witches, and gods have come to life, so are spooky video games. Now, one of her friends is missing and it’s up to her to find him! Join her and her friends as they try to figure out and resolve what’s going on.
And finally, on the opposite end of the country, school is back in session with Paranormal University Third Semester. Claire is staring the first semester of her sophomore year. The cult is stirring up more problems. Will Claire survive not just her classes but whatever the cult throws at her and her friends?
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Week In Review December 9 – 13
Week in Review for December 9 – 13
This week saw 6 new books launch! If you haven’t seen them all yet, now’s your chance to check out what you’ve missed. Sneaky, I know. 😉
School’s just about over, and it’s time to learn how to fight in the real world, without the safety on.
No pressure, well, actually there is for Remy and his team!
Cali and her magical lizard, Fyre are caught in the crosshairs of two different sets of enemies.
Tim took a leap of faith and entered a virtual world full of unlimited possibilities!
When vampires, werewolves, and fae came out to the world ten years ago, personal tragedy drove Judah Black to join BSI—the Bureau of Supernatural Investigations.
What’s this cover-up that could bring down the Federation?
With all of the fantastic storylines, you won’t want to miss any of them! Click here to see books and find the ones you’re missing now. 🙂
Fan’s Pricing Saturday – December 14, 2019

Note: We request the price changes from Amazon on Friday afternoons. Unfortunately, they don’t change all of the prices at one time. Please double check the price before clicking “Buy”.)
All of these new releases are 99c for one day only!
However, they are also available in Kindle Unlimited!
Grab them today before the prices go up!
Invasion
Under Pressure
If All Else Fails
Mystical Alley Groove
Metamorphosis Online
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12 Days of Christmas – Day 12

On the twelfth day of Christmas, LMBPN’s gift to you is…
The BrainTrust has no Army, no Navy, no Air Force. Their ships have neither weapons nor armor. Yet a key question remains: can a society that has earned the name BrainTrust ever be truly defenseless?
Get started on this award-nominated sci-fi series. It’s free from Dec. 10 to 14.
Amazon hasn’t price matched to free yet, so if you want to read it on your Kindle device, you can get a free copy from bookfunnel without having to sign up for a newsletter. 🙂 Or, you can click the B2R link and download it free everywhere else! Your choice.
Books2Read: https://books2read.com/u/bMQM8v
Kindle: https://dl.bookfunnel.com/ia2edwhvms
The Final Shattered Truth Snippet!
It’s The Final Shattered Truth Snippet!
Tomorrow Shattered Truth launches and today you are getting the final sneak peek before the book goes live! I can’t believe the day is almost here, it’s about time!
Snippet #5:
Erik frowned. The weight of the rifle was all wrong—too heavy. An unwieldy weapon wouldn’t be good for field use, especially in a forest on a planet with two suns. It was the small details that kept reminding him he wasn’t actually on a frontier world, but instead in a holographic simulation supplemented by a quick-adjusting nanite-infused room that could provide at least a decent approximation of physicality and texture to back up the holographic illusions.
He preferred this kind of training to pure VR. His brain would never let him accept a lie beamed directly to his eyes. He would have to talk to them about a different rifle. He didn’t need a fake TR-7, but he wanted something that at least weighed what he expected, based on the appearance of the rifle.
Bad training bred bad habits.
Erik knelt behind a tree and waited. He had spotted the glint from a patrol in the distance a few minutes prior. He took shallow, quiet breaths, waiting. Patience won as many battles as bravery.
Branches crunched under boots in the distance. The targets were near. Two men emerged from the trees, not talking as they looked around.
Erik popped out from behind his cover and took two quick shots before the men even turned his way. They both fell without a scream or any sound at all except for a rustle of leaves and the crack of branches near the ground. He couldn’t claim that was completely unrealistic. Not every man survived long enough in a fight to let off a final scream or grunt, but he assumed Pacific Tactical Center kept the blood and screaming to a minimum for reasons other than realism concerns.
It didn’t matter. Right now, PTC was his only decent choice for keeping his edge.
The police had similar systems. However, since Erik was a detective and not a TPST member, they’d turned down his request to use them.
“Please consider joining the Tactical Police Specialist Team if you feel your talents lie in that area,” they told him. “But these aren’t toys for detectives to live out fantasies.”
Erik scoffed. Fantasies? He’d spent decades as a soldier. He understood fighting and killing dangerous enemies. In contrast, the average Earth customer probably wanted a heart-racing experience, not an actual depiction of war.
Jia might have been unusually naïve, but Erik’s time back on humanity’s home continued to prove that even people who knew better still wanted to look the other way and convince themselves Earth’s perfection was something other than mere propaganda fueled by the corporations who controlled the UTC in reality.
If enough people spouted the lie, it didn’t matter if it was true. It became true in a sick way. Was this how large swaths of humanity were controlled? Did it matter if the end result was a civil society?
It beat having to incarcerate tens of thousands of people who just accepted the false reality and didn’t push at the boundaries. At this point, he couldn’t come up with a good reason NOT to do it.
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So, are you as excited as I am about tomorrow? More so? Then check out the pre-order link for Shattered Truth and get in on the action the moment it’s released!
12 Days of Christmas – Day 11

On the eleventh day of Christmas, LMBPN’s gift to you is…
Metal Legion – climb the ramp and come along for the ride. Fire the mains and enjoy the company of the crew as they live for each other, as they fight for all humanity. Join the Metal Legion today.
Wild Wednesday – December 11, 2019

It’s Wild Wednesday on December 11, 2019!
Each week we bring you a list of books from not only LMBPN authors, but also friends of ours, that are on sale! Here’s a fantastic opportunity to discover some new authors or some exciting books you may not have seen yet.
Most of these books are FREE in Kindle Unlimited and are also on sale today.
Please remember to double-check the price before you one-click.
Metamorphosis Online
20Books Pack Urban Fantasy – Academy
The Accidental War
Origins of Honor
Not Alone: The Contact Trilogy
Magi Dawn
Her Father’s Daughter – FREE
Scorpion’s Fury– FREE
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12 Days of Christmas – Day 10

On the tenth day of Christmas, LMBPN’s gift to you is…
Drow Princess for hire, just remember she’s her father’s daughter.
Join Alison Brownstone as she faces off against technomagic, cults, criminal organizations, and the growing discrimination against all things magical.
Get started on this urban fantasy adventure now before book 15 comes out. Free from Dec. 9-13.





















