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Saturday, November 25, 2023

Blog Tour- BLADESTAY by @jaqsattack With An Excerpt & A #Giveaway! @CamCatBooks

I am thrilled to be hosting a spot on the BLADESTAY by Jackie Johnson Blog Tour hosted by Rockstar Book Tours. Check out my post and make sure to enter the giveaway!

 

About The Book:

Title: BLADESTAY

Author: Jackie Johnson

Pub. Date: November 28, 2023

Publisher: CamCat Books

Formats:  Hardcover, Paperback, eBook, Audiobook

Pages: 304

Find it: Goodreadshttps://books2read.com/BLADESTAY 

Be Careful Who You Root For

When a violent, decades-long feud between two powerful men comes to a head in the small settlement of Bladestay, Colorado, cunning resident Theo Creed must use her wits to stay alive. Disguising herself as a young boy, seventeen-year-old Theo bluffs her way into the inner circle of August Gaines, the magnetic leader of the ruthless gang that has descended on her town. But the deeper Theo gets into the con, the more she starts to question her loyalties. Complicating her subterfuge is a mysterious outlaw whose small moments of kindness contradict the blood he has on his hands, making Theo wonder who, exactly, is conning who. To save her town, Theo must parse façade from reality and choose between the barefaced malevolence she’s infiltrated and an evil she didn’t know lurked at home.

 

 

Excerpt:

It was two in the morning when the coyotes started hollering at each other, but by then Brody Boone had already slipped into wool trousers, a matching vest, and a buckskin jacket with copper rivets down the sleeve hems. The coyotes were a common nuisance; the crack of gunfire was not.

Relying on the silvery light of a fat moon, Brody strapped a ream of ammo over his hips and shoved pistols into the holsters hanging at his thighs. He thumbed shells into a wide-barreled shotgun as he quietly heeled the door shut on his way out.

Both his parents were heavy sleepers, but his little brother, Billy, was not. Brody’s feet had hardly left the porch when he heard padding footsteps behind him. He wheeled around, shotgun snug in the hollow of his shoulder, finger off the trigger.

He dropped his aim to the ground as soon as he saw his little brother at the end of the barrel.

Brody smiled calmly as he reached out and tapped a finger against Billy’s narrow chest, and when Billy looked down, Brody lightly flicked Billy’s nose. Billy swatted at him, but Brody danced away from the slower reflexes, grinning.

“Cabron,” Billy said.

“If you’re gonna curse, do it in English.”

Billy looked past Brody, hugging himself. “Adónde vas?”

English, Bill.”

Billy crossed his arms. “No estoy usando grocerias.”

“Just you wait till your stubbornness costs your life.”

Billy repeated the question in exaggerated aristocratic English.

“Burro,” Brody said with a chuckle. “Hear the cows?”

They were lowing mournfully, and Billy nodded. “Wolves?”

“Coyotes,” Brody said. “I’m just gonna go give them a scare, okay?”

“Be careful.”

“Careful is for city folk and dandelions.” Brody winked. “Go back to bed.”

Billy began to protest, but Brody said, “How does coyote stew sound for breakfast?”

Billy wrinkled his nose. “Can’t be worse than the rattler Pa insisted would taste like chicken.”

Brody grinned again. “Go on now.”

Brody made his way to the southern gate, ducked between the wood panels, and crossed a large, vacant prairie. At the edge of the patch of grassland, the terrain grew jagged with granite as the slope steeped to the west, a conglomerate of ponderosa tightening together the higher he climbed. Rays of pearl seeped through the branches, guiding Brody’s steps to the plateau, hillsides he could likely hike blindfolded.

 

 

About Jackie Johnson:

Jackie Johnson is a San Diego born poet and novelist. Her background as a journalist, BA in history, and education in armed defense gives her a uniquely authentic voice within the historical genre. She’s been riding horses for over twenty years and had her own real-life cowboy love story when she fell in love with and married a horse trainer. Together, they established a ranch in Southern California where she spends her days writing, riding, and chasing after their dreams, their two children, four horses, six cats, and two dogs. Bladestay is her first novel.

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Giveaway Details:

1 winner will receive a finished copy of BLADESTAY, US Only.

Ends December 19th, midnight EST.

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Tour Schedule:

Week One:

11/20/2023

#BRVL Book Review Virginia Lee Blog

Spotlight Post/IG Post

11/21/2023

Writer of Wrongs

Guest Post

11/22/2023

Two Chicks on Books

Guest Post/IG Post

11/23/2023

YA Books Central

Interview/IG Post

11/24/2023

A Backwards Story

Guest Post

11/25/2023

Rockstar Book Tours

Excerpt

Week Two:

11/26/2023

Rajiv's Reviews

Review/IG Post

11/27/2023

Locks, Hooks and Books

Review

11/28/2023

Country Mamas With Kids

Review/IG Post

11/29/2023

A Blue Box Full of Books

IG Review/LFL Drop Pic/TikTok Post

11/30/2023

Kim's Book Reviews and Writing Aha's

Review/IG Post

12/1/2023

The Litt Librarian

Review/IG Post

12/2/2023

Callisto’s calling

IG Review

Week Three:

12/3/2023

@dreaminginpages

IG Review

12/4/2023

jlreadstoperpetuity

IG Review/TikTok Post

12/5/2023

@evergirl200

IG Review

12/6/2023

@allyluvsbooksalatte

IG Review

12/7/2023

The Momma Spot

Review

12/8/2023

Confessions of the Perfect Mom

Review/IG Post

12/9/2023

@enjoyingbooksagain

IG Review

Week Four:

12/10/2023

Lifestyle of Me

Review

12/11/2023

@froggyreadteach

IG Review

12/12/2023

One More Exclamation

Review/IG Post/LFL Drop Pic

12/13/2023

Ramblings of a Coffee Addicted Writer

Review/IG Post

12/14/2023

Jaime_of_gryffindor

IG Review

12/15/2023

More Books Please blog

Review/IG Post


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