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Welcome to Archaeolibrarian, Stories Worth Unearthing.

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Spotlight: The Bonnet Brigade (The Bonnet Brigade #1) by Christy Matheson

She needs a husband. He cannot offer his hand. Together, they may lose everything—or find the future they never dared hope for. When the fortune supporting Celia Westhaven and her cousins disappears overnight, she knows she must secure their future. The spirited Irishwoman needs an income, a home—and, by necessity, a husband. Since the one gentleman she truly wants insists he cannot marry her, she is prepared to wed anyone willing to provide for her family.

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Excerpt: The Crucible by Aoibh Wood

Aethyrim like Mora Dray don't enroll. They're delivered. Property of the Empire. Trained to kill. Culled when they break. Mora walks through the gates with quick knives, a closed mouth, and a secret that will hang her if anyone looks too closely. So the plan is the one that's kept her breathing this long: be nobody. Head down, scores middling, name off every list. She has invisible down to an art. Nobody warned her about Liora Skaggs.

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Oct 2

Guest Post & Giveaway: Blackout (Jake Bendel Thrillers #3) by J. Luke Bennecke

The assassination was only the beginning. When the President of the United States is killed in a coordinated drone strike, the nation spirals into chaos. But this isn’t terrorism. It’s strategy. Behind the attack stands a brilliant and ruthless leader of a shadowy global cabal known only as New3—a group convinced the age of American dominance is already over.

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Sep 28

Excerpt, Review, & Giveaway: Uprising (The Fitzjohn Duology #1) by J.E. Rizzo

England, 1381 AD: Blanche Fitzjohn is an outcast in her small coastal village. Not only is she the illegitimate daughter of John of Gaunt, the man responsible for her neighbors’ over-taxation, but she possesses strange abilities: hearing sound from miles away and smelling people’s emotions.

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Sep 4

Spotlight & #Giveaway: Moonset on Desert Sands (Murder, Tea & Crystals #2) by Sherri L. Dodd

Arista Kelly has traded her redwood forest for Sedona's red rock vistas, selling crystals and quietly rebuilding a life shattered by violence. Between reading auras and burning citrus candles for protection, she almost believes the worst is behind her.

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Sep 2

Excerpt & Giveaway: Reign of Silver & Stardust (Stardust Trilogy #1) by Diana A. Hicks

My twin sister was murdered. To find her killer, I had to die. CATALINAI was never supposed to survive. As the mortal spare to an immortal sister, I lived in the shadows until Ry was murdered by a weapon that shouldn't exist. Now, justice is all I want. To find her killer, I must take her place in the Queen’s Immortal Army and become the very monster everyone fears. But becoming a weapon means losing my humanity… and losing the one man I can't resist.

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Aug 27

Excerpt & #Giveaway: The Art of Keeping Dangerous Books (The Apothecary’s Secret #1) by R.J. Blain

Bookshop owner by day, restorer of rare and dangerous books by night, Kita James is thrilled to acquire a new poisonous book from the Victorian era. From the swirling patterns on the cover to its unusual leather binding, IN SEARCH OF LIFE is truly a unique find. However, testing of the vibrant tome reveals its darker nature: the leather is that of a human along with an extinct animal from the ice age. To further complicate matters, a new radioactive element is discovered lurk

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Aug 14

Excerpt & #Giveaway: Obscura Nights by Warren Wynn

Seventeen-year-old Farris Aldan didn’t join the Sentinels to save the world. He joined to escape insanity. In Obscura City, contracting the whisperis means shedding your skin and becoming a monster. As a newly trained Sentinel, Farris hunts the infected, hoping vengeance will silence the guilt over his best friend Calla’s death.

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Aug 6

Excerpt & #Giveaway: Reaper's Quest (Curse of the Royal Reaper #1) by Debra A Kristi

Raven Gunn blamed herself and the cheat she used on her last job for her team’s assignment to the cursed reaping. Her father even packed the tool responsible for the cheat in her travel bag, silently suggesting the need, while reminding her not to trust her designated coreaper, Chace Badden. A hundred years of accumulated reapings, a prohibited reaper-tool, her born rival tasked as her partner… What could go wrong? She definitely wouldn’t allow Chace’s good looks to compromis

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Jul 14