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Quinsey Wolfe’s Glass Vault
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I am so excited that QUINSEY WOLFE’S GLASS VAULT by Candace Robinson is available now and that I get to share the news!
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Title:
QUINSEY WOLFE’S GLASS VAULT
Author: Candace Robinson
Pub. Date: June 26, 2018
Publisher: The Parliament House
Formats: Paperback, eBook
Pages: 242
Find it: Goodreads, Amazon, B&N, iBooks, TBD
Some see it… Some don’t…
People in the town of Deer Park, Texas are vanishing. There is a strange museum, known as Quinsey Wolfe’s Glass Vault, that appears overnight. Perrie Madeline’s best friend and ex-boyfriend are among the missing. Perrie and her friend August go on a pursuit for them in the mysterious museum. Could the elusive Quinsey Wolfe’s Glass Vault have anything to do with the disappearances?
Quinsey Wolfe’s Glass Vault is the start of a thrilling duology full of magic, danger, and romance.
Excerpt:
Maisie takes Oak Street, which I have always found ironic. The street is lined on both sides with tall trees, each one reaching toward the other as if longing for their touch. For a town called Deer Park, I have seen more trees on a street corner than actual deer. Not. One. Single. Deer.
Suddenly, Maisie slams on the brakes and my chest strikes hard against the seat belt. Then I smash back into the seat just as hard. The only thing I can think is, are my organs still intact? Seriously, they feel like they’re bleeding profusely.
“What the hell?” August and I say at the exact same time. Maisie is staring across the street to the left.
“Look!” she exclaims.
Now I see what Maisie is pointing at. Across from us stands an enormous stone building, unbelievably tall, and its walls are lined with huge rocks all along the base. Among the rocks, it appears there are absolutely no windows of any kind. The entrance has an archway that frames one of the tallest wooden doors I have ever seen. It’s creepily unusual.
“Impossible,” I breathe.
“This has never been here before.” August appears flabbergasted.
He’s right. He’s beyond right. There’s no way this place was just magically built overnight. Even if it were possible, it’s obviously old. It has to be over a hundred years old.
“Maybe we never really noticed it before.” Maisie unbuckles herself and opens the car door, completely taken by the sight of this building.
I throw my hands up hysterically and wave my hands around like a lunatic. “Never noticed it before? This giant stone mansion?”
“Perrie has a point, Maisie.” August stares up at the building in shock.
Hesitantly, I step out of the car and August follows. We walk around to stand beside Maisie,
completely speechless as we continue our staring marathon at the place. It’s really an unusual structure to be sitting in the middle of our town. One would think something like this would have drawn major attention from the locals.
“We should investigate!” Maisie is moving before either of us can protest.
“Just a quick look,” I say, falling into step beside her, fingers itching with curiosity.
We walk to the door at a leisurely pace, as if we have all night to see what’s going on. As we inch closer to the arched doorway, where overgrown grass meets a block of cement, two things pop into my line of sight. First, there’s a plaque on the door that reads:
Quinsey Wolfe’s Glass Vault
It’s written in an elegant, yet outdated script.
Maisie tilts her head to the side, skeptical of the plaque. “Not sure what a glass vault is.”
I point at a sign to the right of the door. Moving closer to see what it says, I read it aloud:
The illustrious Quinsey Wolfe presents a wonder of the world, a true sight to behold in his infamous glass museum. A forewarning to onlookers and wonderers, beware of your imagination and curiosity. This is not for the faint of heart.
About Candace:
My name is Candace Robinson. I’m just your average hemiplegic migraine sufferer. My days are spent writing, book reviewing and traveling through books for my blog, Literary Dust. I live just outside of Houston, Texas, where it feels like the hottest place on Earth with the crazy weather. No, seriously, one day it’s 30 degrees and the next it’s 70 degrees! I live with my husband and awesome daughter!
You can also follow me on my review blog Literary Dust
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My Official Acquisition Announcement
We Are Pleased to Introduce to You…
May 21, 2018
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Right on the heels of some very successful book releases (The Bone Roses by Kathryn Lee Martin hit #1 in Steampunk three days in a row and Nocturnal Meetings of the Misplaced maintained ranking in its Top 100 Categories for two weeks straight) we are very pleased to formally introduce you to three, brilliant new additions to The Parliament House Family, authors of diverse backgrounds and walks of life who will bring more fabulous culture to our fantastical worlds : 🙌🙌🙌🙌
Tracy Auerbach
Tracy Auerbach is the author of TWO brand new fantasy titles, THE SIN SOLDIERS, and SONS OF FIRE:
SONS OF FIRE:
Keegan’s life is difficult. When his father, the Demon King of Fire, attempted to produce an heir, a surge of light energy interrupted the process. One tiny piece of the newly forming demon broke off. That piece is Keegan. For years, he has attempted to lay low, watching from the shadows as his monstrous brother Aidan, the true Prince of Fire, is groomed for the throne.
The shaky status quo of Keegan’s existence is shattered when one of his father’s power plays goes horribly wrong. He finds himself cast to Earth, forced to work together with a suddenly powerless Aidan. They must cooperate to complete a task, and avoid being cast forever into the abyss. As if having to spend time with his beastly other half wasn’t bad enough, Keegan must adapt to living on Earth, wielding his new human vessel, and dealing with his demonic appetite without harming the human creatures for whom he has always cared.
As Keegan and Aidan work to save themselves, many questions arise. What exactly was the King of Fire up to, that sparked their Master’s interest enough to cast them from the Demon Realm? Can Aidan be trusted in his new human form, complete with emotions, or is he the same unfeeling creature he’s always been? And why are so many demons suddenly so invested in the outcome of the brothers’ trial? The only thing Keegan knows for certain is that whether he succeeds or fails at the task, his formerly complex existence is starting to look peaceful and easy.
THE SIN SOLDIERS:
Red compound makes them angry. Yellow exhausts them. Blue drives them into a state of ravenous addiction. The thief Kai knows about the chemically controlled soldiers of the Eastern forces, and their savage, deadly nature. When a robbery attempt at Club Seven goes wrong, Kai is captured by a handler and his bestial soldier-boy. She wakes up inside the military base, with no idea what happened to her twin brother Dex. Things go from bad to worse when Kai is started on a drug and training regimen, and forced to take injections of blue compound. The scientists in charge are planning to make her one of their worker soldiers, who mine for the mysterious power crystals beneath the desert. She becomes a victim of the bully Finn, a handsome but nasty soldier whose years on red compound seem to have erased his humanity. Still, 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 drug-addled teenagers. Meanwhile, on the outside, Dex and his tech-savvy boyfriend try to crack the soldiers’ chemical code, and find a weakness that will break the system. But Kai has already been drawn deep into her new world. Strong feelings for Finn have started to cloud her judgment. Can she escape and find Dex without becoming a monster herself?
Tracy Auerbach is the author of a previous novel, THE HUMAN CURE, published by 48fourteen, a small press. She has also had several stories published in genre magazines such as The Writing Disorder. By day she is a STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) teacher and curriculum writer for the New York City public school system. On the nonfiction side, she has written articles for education magazines and trade journals. She is a member of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators.
*Tracy Auerbach is represented by Evan Marshall of the Evan Marshall Agency. Both books were acquired by Mary Bernsen, Parliament House Acquisitions Editor from Mr. Evan Marshall.
The Contract
When I signed with the amazing Evan Marshall, and went on submission, I knew that I was one step closer to the ultimate dream of seeing my books brought to life. Yesterday, I signed a two book contract with Parliament House Press, for the publication of my stand-alone YA Urban Fantasy and the first book in my YA Science Fiction series. So excited for my ‘babies!’
The Audiobook…
Interview
Human Cure Review by Fani
4/5 Stars 
fani
Reviewer
I was quite surprised by how much I enjoyed this story! I didn’t felt bored in any part of the book, the plot was fast paced and it kept me entertained from the beginning to the end. “The Human Cure” might have vampires in it but it uses this theme in a unique way and gives its own twist for these creatures. I loved all the main characters, Hunter’s kindness and altruistic personality was so touching, he might be the one who kidnapped Kate but as we read on and learn more about him it is obvious that he was one of the better characters in the underground village. We see the way he sacrificed himself for the happiness of other people in many parts of the story and I think it was such a shame we couldn’t see more about what he was thinking and feeling when he made those sacrifices especially a very important one. Thankfully we see a bit about his emotional turmoil in the very end of the book. A nice contrast to Hunter’s character was Chase, he really didn’t fit in the vampire community and that is evident when we see that the only person who is spending time with him is Hunter. His interactions with the heroine were very entertaining to read and I loved his cynical and a bit bitter personality. “There was something special about endings, even bad ones. In his own life, nothing ever ended.” Kate was also an enjoyable heroine, her life was a dead end but we experience through her how some people have the biggest improvement in their lives after ending up in an environment with even harsher conditions than where they lived before. I was afraid after reading the premise of the book that this story would have a love triangle were Kate would being confused and would love two people at once but I was happy to see that the story didn’t take that direction instead, Kate was always clear about who she had feeling for. One thing I would have liked to see was more world building, this story was a bit short and I think it still had some space for world exploration without losing its fast pace. I would have liked to see the main characters interact with other vampires and witness what kind of similarities and differences they had compared to Hunter and Chase. I would have also liked to see how everyday life is in the underground village, beyond the few scenes where we see the villagers run away when the vampires enter the village we don’t see any interactions between them when they are all by themselves without the presence of their masters. If the author had added more details about the life in the underground village the world in “The Human Cure” would have felt a lot more complete.
THIRTEEN DAYS AT LAUGHING HERON CAMP by Tracy Auerbach
THIRTEEN DAYS AT LAUGHING HERON CAMP
by Tracy Auerbach
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The Human Cure Review – by Metaphors and Moonlight
Thanks so much to Kristen Burns of the “Metaphors and Moonlight” blog, for her review of The Human Cure! You rock, Kristen.
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Kate meets a gorgeous man at a bar who seems interested in her and goes out with him only to wind up getting kidnapped, brought to a strange underground village, and told he’s actually a vampire. It’s not until Kate spends some time with Hunter, the vampire who has chosen her, and Chase, her vampire bodyguard who’s just as likely to lose control and eat her as he is to protect her, that she realizes she wasn’t happy before and that she may actually get something good out of this afterall.
My Book Rating: 
Review:
*I received a free ecopy of this book from the author in exchange for an honest review.*
This book was such a pleasant surprise!
I have to admit, the cover didn’t give me the highest of hopes, and I try to stay away from books with less than 200 pages as it’s usually just not enough time for me to connect to the characters or really get into the story. But I am so glad I gave this book a chance.
First of all, the it was funny, mostly thanks to Chase. He killed so many people, being a vampire and all, and pretty much just thought of humans as food or slaves, but it was because of those things and his general irritability and disgruntled-ness that he and his POV were so funny.
Second, I don’t normally go on about vampire books being “different” because I read vampire books for a reason—I like the tropes, some of them at least—but this book really did manage to put a unique and different twist on the usual while still not straying too far. The underground village was kind of inspired, and the octopus theory (though maybe a tad too literal) was original, but it was the romance that really took me by surprise. *SPOILER ALERT* Show Spoiler *END SPOILER ALERT* Also, just a note, there were no sexy, intimate biting scenes; there was an off-screen sex scene, but the biting was all about feeding for these vamps.
Third, that ending was also not what I expected, but I liked that the author stayed consistent and true to the story and went in that direction rather than forcing everything to be perfect. I also liked how it kind of brought things full circle in a way. It made me see the whole vampire village differently and actually understand the burden of the leader (the antagonist).
But ugh, the book was too short! I really liked it, which is why I would’ve liked to spend more time with the characters, gotten to know them better, delved deeper into their emotion, etc. It’s like the depth was there, but I was only allowed to swim at the surface rather than dive all the way to the bottom. And there’s no sequel as of the day I’m writing this, but that ending had so much potential for an intense sequel. Really I just wanted more of this book, and that’s my only real complaint.
(Ok, maybe the love happened rather quickly, but I honestly can’t call that a complaint because it still worked well enough and didn’t actually bother me.)
So overall, though this was a very short read, it was funny and a refreshing, unique twist on usual vampire romance tropes. I really enjoyed it!
Recommended For:
Anyone looking for a quick, fairly clean vampire romance that’s funny and unique.
Human Cure Review – Phoenix
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Thanks Phoenix! Holy literary Vampires!
Freaking awesome! Completely unexpected in a good way, a most refreshing take on vampires. Here, vampires are not seen through the romantic lens but are the monsters that they are. Even knowing this, the story is so compelling that I can’t help but sit glued to my Kindle. I think what kept me intrigued was the way I had no clue whatsoever what was going to happen. I guess it’s safe to say that this is not a romance, though there are romantic elements. It’s like one of those stories you read in lit class, but more fun.
Dark Fairytale Dreams and Dystopian Nightmares 