Book Tour: The Wandering Stars

 

Book Details:

Book Title:  The Wandering Stars by J.D. Rasch
Category:  Adult Fiction 18 yrs +,  316 pages
Genre:  Fantasy
Publisher:  Lamina Press
Release date:  October, 2026
Format available for review:  print - softback (USA only) and ebook (EPUB, PDF, MOBI for Kindle) internationally
Content Rating: PG: No profanity. Occasional mentions of sex but nothing explicit.​

Book Description:

​When a sacred journey is corrupted by ambition, a quest for unity becomes a struggle for control

Seeking wisdom and communion with their god, a fellowship of wizards and wanderers sets out in search of the legendary Golden Tree. But as hardship, ambition, and doubt settle in, the group fractures—letting the wizard Thurmore violently seize control, transforming his fellow wizards into mindless servants and corrupting their search for wisdom into a pursuit of power.

Elsewhere, Alitheia—the Wanderer and one of the few to have found the Golden Tree—returns to the Silver Forest, only to discover another tree rising from a desolate plain. Joined by Rogi, a former wizard searching for meaning beyond power, she follows a path not toward dominion but understanding.

As Thurmore's influence spreads, two competing visions of the future emerge: one built on obedience and fear, the other on compassion and connection. The fate of the wandering stars—and all who follow them—hangs in the balance.

Philosophical and character-driven, The Wandering Stars is an epic fantasy adventure exploring ambition, redemption, and the enduring search for meaning.

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Meet the Author:

JODY “J. D.” RASCH is a writer, artist, social activist, and author. His debut fantasy series, The Wanderer, incorporates social issues including politics, religion, science, and how we are influenced in our lives.

Jody is also a painter whose art explores the mysteries of our world. He worked in finance for many years but managed to use it for good by helping banks that give loans to the poor. Jody currently serves on not-for-profit boards that seek to make the world a better place.

A native New Yorker who was forced to move to the burbs, Jody now lives just outside New York City.

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Book Tour : Bound Beauty

Bound Beauty

Wylder Tales 

Book Three

Jennifer Silverwood

Genre: Dark Fantasy / Fairy Tales

Publisher: SilverWoodSketches

Date of Publication: July 14, 2026

ISBN: 979-8186406099

ASIN: B0GY9XF3LC

Number of pages: 390

Word Count: 96,456

Cover Artist: Qamber Designs and Media

Tagline: Forgotten gods haunt her steps, and the cursed prince she left behind isn't done fighting for her soul.

Book Description:

Vynasha is bound to the prince of Bitterhelm. Even if she were to die, her spirit will remain trapped with him in the castle forever. But she won't give in to Grendel without a fight. With the aid of an oracle, a witchling, and the wolf that claims her heart, Vynasha plans to claim her power as the curse breaker.

Ceddrych guards their nephew secretly while fighting to keep the feral beasts roaming their borders at bay. But the monsters are closing in, and the madness he has struggled with drives him to one desperate, unforgivable act.

A war is about to begin between the forgotten people of Wylderland and the cruel might of Bitterhelm. Beings of prophecy and legend unite in the epic third chapter of the Wylder Tales Series, a romantic gothic re-telling of Beauty and the Beast.

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Excerpt

IN A FORGOTTEN CASTLE IN WYLDERLAND…

Alone with Grendel, the man she had been tempted to love, the prince she loathed, Vynasha didn’t want to wake up. Let her sleep for a thousand years like the cursed princess, Morana. Let these walls crumble, the rose garden spread throughout the keep with thorns and vines to keep the world out forever.

“I know you are awake, Ashes.”

Vynasha opened her eyes. The prince stood before the hearth, his back to her. He hadn’t changed clothes since she had last seen him. Yet his faintly luminous skin had dimmed from bronze to the dull gray she remembered. “What happened?” she asked.

“A fever in your sleep. Odym says it was the runes.” Grendel’s shoulders hunched as he hung his head. “I should not have come, I know this. But I…” he twisted to face her. “Forgive me, Vynasha, but I cannot stay away from you any longer. I could feel your pain through the bond, yet there was nothing I could do to stop her,” he growled. “Do not ask me to leave you again, I beg of you.”

Vynasha should have been disgusted, but she was coming to accept the fact that Odym had been right. No matter how she truly felt, they needed each other. And she could not deny the way his words danced about her mind and breathed life back into her limbs.

“I wish I could tell you I was different,” he continued, “before my mother cursed me. But the truth is, I was always a monster.” Grendel drew his shoulders back and lifted his chin, pushing away from the fireplace mantel. He shook his head and held his hands before him, palms upturned. “I never wanted to be my father. I shall not make his mistakes, and so I will be honest with you, Ash. No more secrets.”

She shuddered and desperately wished she could bathe, could banish dreams of Nymwe and be rid of the prince. The dread she felt before only grew as Grendel paused, clenching his fists as though steeling himself for words he could not take back.

“I owe you everything, so much more than you know. When you willingly accepted the curse, you took some of the monster into you. I have not been forced to change into a beast ever since. It has given me time to remember myself in your absence, who I was and who I hope to be.”

Vynasha ground her sharp teeth. So they not only shared a bond with his spirit, but she had taken part of his beast? That they were forced to share something she had learned to take pride in made her ill.

Whatever he saw in her face must have pained him, enough for him to turn away. “Forgive me. I shall go. I should have never hoped…” He shook his head, dispelling whatever he might have said as he took two more steps to the door.

She traced the tip of her tongue on her lip, tasting the blood she spilled to forget. His hand was on the doorknob when she said, “Wait.” The strength behind her command surprised her and caused the prince to freeze in place.

Vynasha lifted her hand with surprising ease. “Stay?”

We need each other.

His graying skin flickered to golden life as he turned with hope burning in his violet eyes. “Always.”

At his word, his promise, Vynasha released the breath she didn’t know she had been holding. Even then, a small corner of her mind railed against her actions, at the feelings she couldn’t seem to control. It must Grendel’s influence, his feelings trickling through their bond.

This is wrong.

Still, she couldn’t deny how the persistent itch beneath her skin abated with him beside her, holding her hand. It shouldn’t have mattered. Truly, she hated how easily she gave in to these feelings. She could never tell him. Grendel had bound her life to his. Even if she were to leave, to beg the wylderfolk to take her back into their home, she would never be rid of him. And the longer she remained in the prince’s castle, the less she wanted to be free.

About the Author:

Jennifer Silverwood lives in the middle of an enchanted forest surrounded by cursed books, nosy spirits, and mischievous goblins she calls her children. After beginning several nonsensical degrees, she found her calling helping other authors bring their books to life. Jennifer is the author of two fairy tale fantasy series: the Borderlands Saga and Wylder Tales. Because she wasn't satisfied writing in one genre, she also invites you to explore uncharted space with the Heaven’s Edge Novellas—and dare to fall in love again with the standalone romance titles Stay and She Walks in Moonlight.

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Teaser: Bees, Blogs, And Blushes

✨TEASER: BEES, BLOGS, AND BLUSHES by @sawyerbennett123 releasing November 3!

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Why you will love this book:
🔥Grumpy × Sunshine

🔥She Falls First, He Falls Harder

🔥City Girl × Country Boy

🔥Landlord × Tenant

🔥Forced Proximity

🔥No Strings Attached

🔥Small-Town Romance

🔥Opposites Attract

🔥Temporary Fling → Forever

🔥Found Family

She came to Whynot to uncover her mother’s scandal and instantly disrupted the quiet life of the local man who prefers bees to people.

Travel blogger Reese Cartier lives for the rush of discovering the unknown. She’s survived missed flights, bad haircuts, and questionable hostels, but nothing could have prepared her for quirky, southern town of Whynot, North Carolina. She’s here for one reason… to untangle the truth about her late mother’s mysterious past.

Her first clue? A dusty rented cottage on a secluded bee farm.
Her second clue? The infuriatingly handsome, maddeningly quiet beekeeper who owns it.

Eli Hart likes his life simple, which includes tending hives, bottling honey, and avoiding unnecessary conversation. Then sunshine-in-a-sundress Reese crash-lands on his property—literally—sending her drone into a tree over his bee boxes and his sanity straight into jeopardy.

She’s chaos. He’s calm.
She wants answers. He wants her to stop breaking things.

But when the too-curious tenant begins to chip away at her mother’s long-buried secrets, a reluctant partnership is formed with Whynot’s hottest, most reclusive bachelor and becomes a full-blown adventure steeped in the town’s secrets, gossip, and nosiest residents.

Somewhere between Reese’s big questions, bigger ideas, and the way she keeps tripping into his quiet life… Eli realizes she’s the most disruptive thing he’s ever wanted.

A grumpy-sunshine romance full of small-town meddling, slow-burn heat, and one impossible beekeeper who learns that sometimes love buzzes in when you least expect it.

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Teaser: Hate You Harder

✨TEASER: HATE YOU HARDER by @authorellewinters releasing October 27th!

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Why you need to #ONECLICK this book…

🖤brother's best friend

🎤enemies to lovers

🖤age gap (14 years)

🎤musician/rock star

🖤texting banter

🎤pierced/tatted MMC

🖤forced proximity

🎤grumpy/grumpy

🖤virgin FMC

🎤he falls first & harder

Griffin Calloway was the ultimate thorn in Claire Ryan’s side. Claire didn’t care that he was her brother’s best friend. She didn’t care that he tried to apologize for hurting her years ago. All Claire cared about was getting over the snarky, tattooed, incredibly talented annoyance of a man who was about to start a national tour with his rock band.

Griffin Calloway was tired of apologizing to his best friend’s little sister for something that happened years ago. However, Claire could hold a grudge like no one else, and her icy demeanor was here to stay. That was, until a drunken night filled with tequila and dopamine shattered a barrier that the two had put up years ago… Just an accidental double-tap that put a crack in a hatred-filled foundation.

And then, as fate would have it, Claire joins the band on their tour as their social media manager, meaning Griffin would always be just a few feet away. Always.

As the tour starts, Claire and Griffin find themselves in situations they shouldn’t, bringing to light feelings beneath the surface that may have really never been that deep to start. Through shows across the country, stolen glances, heated nights, explosive arguments, and a sort of comfort you find with someone you’re truly meant to be with, Claire and Griffin begin to reconnect in ways they soon realize were inevitable from the beginning.

Can Claire and Griffin put aside their animosity for the person they really love? Will the start of a secret romance jeopardize Claire’s relationship with her brother and Griffin’s relationship with his best friend? 

Hate You Harder is a story about love, forgiveness, and the dangers of stalking your best friend’s little sister’s social media page with tequila in your system.

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Teaser: Delicious Anthology 11

✨TEASER: DELICIOUS ANTHOLOGY II releasing November 3rd! All proceeds will be donated to the LGBTQ+ charities Black Trans Alliance & Galop.  

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Participating authors are: @beckgreyauthor ∙ @em.denning ∙ @kate.hawthorne ∙ @rhyswritesromance ∙ @rory.maxwell.writes ∙ @authorkmcintyre ∙ @leeblairbooks ∙ @charlienwrites ∙ @hipsterwriter ∙ @tobywisewrites ∙ @helenjwrites ∙ @kc_carmine 

Sometimes, you just need another slice…

The Delicious anthology returns for a second helping, so grab your plate as an amazing group of authors serve up stories that are sure to make your mouth water!

We’ve got barbecue, breakfast sandwiches, breakup burgers, and heaps of tasty treats. And you can get them all topped with your favourites like meet cutes, brother’s best friend, hot new boss, chance meetings, hurt/comfort, age gaps, plenty of spice, and melt-in-the-mouth sweetness.

With celebrity chefs, pub owners, grilling dads, and an array of treats, Delicious: A Second Slice has twelve brand new contemporary short stories for you to savour!

All proceeds will be donated to the LGBTQ+ charities Black Trans Alliance & Galop

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Release: Temporary Experiment

✨Let’s celebrate! It’s release day for A TEMPORARY EXPERIMENT by @authorsammwilde! Grab it in KU! 

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Why you will love this book...
❄️Holiday Romance

❣️Friends to Lovers

❄️Fake Dating

❣️Characters in their 30s

❄️Only One Bed

❣️He wears glasses

Seventeen years ago, Emma called Grant dorky.

He called her a little strange.

They’ve been inseparable ever since. 

Now, Grant is heading back home to Michigan for the holidays, where his mom is on a quest to find him a wife. Emma offers the only solution that makes sense.

They’ll fake date.

A simple, temporary fix under the guise of a friendly experiment. Or so Emma thinks. 

Emma has built her life around safety, and Grant is the one relationship she’s never had to question. Acting like they’re in love was supposed to be easy. But the thin line between fake and real is blurring. And suddenly, Emma wants more.

For Grant, it’s never been pretend.

He’s spent years hiding what he feels, knowing one wrong move could shatter everything the two best friends built. Now, he gets to hold Emma’s hand, call her his girlfriend, and feel her lean into him like she belongs there. It’s everything he’s ever dreamed of, and every stolen moment leaves him aching for more.

Which is exactly why he knows it’s going to destroy him when it ends. 

Because fake dating is simple—until one kiss makes everything a lot more complicated. 

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Release Boost: Boy Meets Monster

Boy Meets Monster by Leslie McAdam is available now!

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You’re formally readmitted to Creelin University, known locally as “Creepin U.” The only things wilder than the monsters prowling around campus are the spicy male/male love stories unfolding between classes. Book one, Boy Meets Monster is a stand-alone m/m romance. This spicy novel is about a rich, cocky frat boy and a nerdy teaching assistant who needs lessons in confidence. Read it if you love a monster who takes one look at a human and says, “That one. I want him.” And then he spends the rest of the book proving that he’s good enough for the human. It’s part of the Creepin U: Season 2 collab series, and each book has a HEA.

Tropes:

Monster x human
Student x teaching assistant
Frat boy x nerd
Billionaire romance
Annoyance to love
Soulmates
Jealous/possessive
Anonymous connection online
A bet
Betrayal
Groveling
Slow burn

Plus:

Streaking
Lingerie
Makeover
Prehensile tail
Monster anatomy
Praise
Banana bread as penance
Crawling
Consent kings